Pinters with own wort

[MashBag]

Is anyone having a go at making there own wort, and using the pinters as fermentation/despense vessel?

 

[jof]

There were a few threads a couple of years ago if you wanted to search, but I haven't seen anything about them for a while.
Maybe those who were experimenting back then could help out. Was it just too much hassle?

 

[stubrewworx]

I've done it. Was handy to ferment and serve a 5l ish batch.

you need to be mindful of how much wort you put in, there is a fill line but you can put in extra to account for how much the docking station holds.

I've also used them as secondary / serving vessels, like minikeg. Again, handy but be mindful of how much you full it.

Using the carb dial between sessions you can make it last a weekends worth of drinking.

I've now stopped using them as i dont really have the space and I like the flexibility of bottling. I only brew 6l batches and can hold 36 bottles, so 3 batches on the go.

My own original Pinter sprung a leak, presumably due to pressure and an eBay Pinter wasn't very clean... I think liquid can get through the vents and into the void between outer case and inner vessel.

I love the principle, if I had (fridge) space and more mates round for drinking nights I'd still consider using them.

 

[The Baron]

Mash I think I have just watched a Youtube vid by the Brew Dudes who have done this.
This is their latest post so up to date

 

[MashBag]

Thanks chaps. I didn't think this had been adopted in a way, else there would be more noise.

Will look up the utube. Cheers

 

[tondy79]

Yes, I've done this in a few different ways but ultimately I dont think it's worth it, and a 10l corny with a spunding valve and a party tap does a much more satisfactory job in my experience. These are the ways I've done it, if you're interested:

- Brewed a 5l batch of all grain beer on the stovetop, chilled in the sink and fermented and served from the pinter. It was a Sierra Nevada type beer, and there was no dry hop.
- Brewed a 20l batch of stout, fermented it in a bucket, bottled c15l and put c5l into the pinter with a little sugar for conditioning only (so didnt need the docking station). This worked well, but was running out of gas by the end.
- Brewed a 23l batch of all grain beer in the all in one, then took a "no chill" approach and pumped it out into 4 x 5l plastic "jerry cans" whilst still at ~90c. With the heat expansion each container takes a Iittle more than 5l (which suits the pinter) then I fermented and served 2 of these using the pinter. Worked fine, but I've not come up with a good approach for dry hopping. The remaining two containers I ended up fermenting under pressure in a 12l corny, and I was able to dry hop more easily and also serve at good pressure right to the end.

The Pinter 3 tap is a big improvement over the others, so if you were looking to pick one up, i'd look for one with the P3 tap (they fit both pinter 2 and pinter 3).

If you wanted to borrow one, more than happy to let you use mine.

Cheers!

 

[Rakey]

10 pint extract kits, would be handy if they were coming soon as they would fit perfectly in a Pinter

 

[The Baron]

Or brew a slightly larger than normal Corny keg amount and fill the Pinter with the excess as well as the FV.
Saves on bottling the extra excess

 

[homebrewdev]

I think thehomebrewshop introduced some kits for 5l batches. 9 for a pouch.