60l fv

[MyQul]

Good idea, could you add different hop teas to each 20l bottling bucket too before bottling.?

Absolutely

 

[DanST]

Good idea, could you add different hop teas to each 20l bottling bucket too before bottling.?

Now that's a good idea.

Tbh I'm still not tempted personally but I can definitely see the merit in it. Especially if you've got a "house" beer which is your main go to.

Could always do a few demi's in between the big 'uns for variety.

 

[Frogbrew]

this ones even cheaper...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EDKTPN6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[dave_walton]

I've got a 60l fermenter. I keg half and bottle half. It nice to see the difference between the two.

I also use it for 40 pint batches.

 

[Bevvied]

Well, saw my new mate at lunchtime and picked up on what he does.
Firstly, his FV is a food grade, airtight vessel. He drilled hole in lid for grommet and airlock.
When it comes to bottling, he siphons into two standard FVs with the taps on bottom, onto which he uses a bottle wand. Standard stuff I guess. That's usually, but as this his last brew of the year, he's filling two Barrels and bottling the remainder. He barrels this last lot due to Chrimbo and ease of getting at it!
I asked him about the very clear beer he gave me. No sediment to speak of in the bottles. He says that's defo down to being in the FV for 4 weeks. He's tried all sorts of time periods, has tried racking into secondarys for a while, but he says 4 weeks in primary works for him.
Only thing that might be a pain for some, is that it's a bit more awkward mixing up kits/fermentables etc as the FV is deeper of course and because there is a lot to mix. He uses a plasterers paddle thing attached to a drill. He says it works brilliantly and when he does do the odd one kit size brew in a smaller FV, he uses it then as well due to its effectiveness.

I'm 100% sold on the idea. It's not as though I'm gonna give up drinking next week, so it won't be a waste of money. Secondly, I do like a nice low (4ish %) ABV stout when I'm on the sesh, and due to being a big fat bleeder, I can get through a lot. Doubling/Tripling up a kit will put that problem to bed. It would then take an effort of Herculean, Oliver Reid type standard to run out.

Sorted.

 

[MyQul]

Well, saw my new mate at lunchtime and picked up on what he does.
Firstly, his FV is a food grade, airtight vessel. He drilled hole in lid for grommet and airlock.
When it comes to bottling, he siphons into two standard FVs with the taps on bottom, onto which he uses a bottle wand. Standard stuff I guess. That's usually, but as this his last brew of the year, he's filling two Barrels and bottling the remainder. He barrels this last lot due to Chrimbo and ease of getting at it!
I asked him about the very clear beer he gave me. No sediment to speak of in the bottles. He says that's defo down to being in the FV for 4 weeks. He's tried all sorts of time periods, has tried racking into secondarys for a while, but he says 4 weeks in primary works for him.
Only thing that might be a pain for some, is that it's a bit more awkward mixing up kits/fermentables etc as the FV is deeper of course and because there is a lot to mix. He uses a plasterers paddle thing attached to a drill. He says it works brilliantly and when he does do the odd one kit size brew in a smaller FV, he uses it then as well due to its effectiveness.

I'm 100% sold on the idea. It's not as though I'm gonna give up drinking next week, so it won't be a waste of money. Secondly, I do like a nice low (4ish %) ABV stout when I'm on the sesh, and due to being a big fat bleeder, I can get through a lot. Doubling/Tripling up a kit will put that problem to bed. It would then take an effort of Herculean, Oliver Reid type standard to run out.

Sorted.

I'm also planning on this too. At first I didn't think I would be able to do it as my pot can only fit 5kg of grain in it. I was going to do it with a the dry stout from greg hughes book but this would only give me about 25L of stout (if I did an overnight mash to get a better efficiency and therefore more beer) but then I realized if I did this with a mild, 5kg would give me 33L of 3.3% mild. So if I did two brews in one weekend I could do a 66L brew - Get in! :party:

This weekend I'm going to do a 23L brew of the Hydes Owd Oak mild from the Graham Wheeler book to see if this is the mild I want to make 60L of. I've made this mild before but I made some mistakes on it but it was still fairly nice. So I want to try out a (hopefully) mistake free one

So this weekend

 

[DanST]

Been thinking about this and thought it might be worth a mention in case you didn't already know the coopers stout kit is notorious for escaping the fv.

Don't know if you plan to use that one but I'd keep in mind the possibility of creating a 53L stoutcano. Probably worth fitting a blow off tube/ standing it in something/painting the ceiling black?

Just a thought. Good luck and I'll be interested to hear how it turns out!