You did a great job on explaining the process. It was very helpful. I did want to know where did you get the sanitizing sprayer? I really like it. it seems to be ver y flexible. Thanks.
I am interested in getting the SB flex plus. I have basic equipment (starting out on fermenting buckets and bottling buckets) to bottle my beer. From what I can tell, closed transfers are the only method with SB flex. My question to you: how would I transfer the wort from SB flex plus (very similar fermenter in this video) to a bottling bucket? I do plan to eventually get a kegerator and a couple of ball lock corny kegs. Need some advice before I make purchase. Thanks and keep up the awesome videos!
Wouldn't it make sense to connect the gas side of the keg to the bung on the fermenter, as the liquid displaces the co2 it gets pushed into the fermenter.
First off let me say how much I like your videos! Second, how did you learn so much about these kind of things? Like i would have never thought of doing all this. I mean it makes sense to me now. Cheers!
As a fairly new female homebrewer it was refreshing to stumble upon this very helpful video. I just ordered my Spike flex and was curious how to go about racking and you answered almost all of my questions! Only one, that tubing that you connect from the fermenter to keg...you said it’s unique to Spike, did you get it from them or is it available at a homebrew supply store?
You just need a ½” threaded to barb fitting from the fermenter to tubing you can probably get it from a hardware store... I think I bought some from Anawalt the other day
Couple of things. 1.) You might as well just do a closed transfer, since you have everything you need for it there. 2.) "Co2 blanket" isnt really as much of a foolproof thing as homebrewers seem to think. Just push with minimal co2. This almost seems like more work with less effectiveness than an actual closed transfer.
Agreed diffusion can still occur based on the weight of the gas, the most consistent method is to do a full liquid fill [typically starsan] and purge the full volume of liquid.
Flora Brewing I thought the smell and taste had gone in my brew, after a couple of pints it’s still around will leave it longer or pinch nose and drink it.
I xfer to a secondary for the dryhop in a purged keg and spunding the gas line for the secondary. Then when the pressure stops rising I cold crash then pressure transfer to a purged serving keg. No more cardboard. I think for me it was the cold crash in the carboy that would introduce O2 and make sad beer. It's a bit more to clean up but I get clearer, fresher beer for longer.
Did you use a gas post rather than liquid post on the keg when you added the gas ball lock to purge? Those gas/liquid ball locks typically aren’t interchangeable on either post. Also, rather that just dropping the gas line into the top of the open fermenter and risking exposure to O2, you can attach the gas line directly to the inside of the airlock stem. Depending on the ID of your gas line, it’s likely a perfect fit! Just flip the top open and fit it onto the hose!
@@FloraBrewing it's pretty similar the Fermzilla is transparent plastic and can be pressurized... BTW I tasted that NEIPA last night and it turned well with Motueka. Cheers!
Cool vid. Rather than fill an empty keg 3-5 times with CO2, have you ever filled the keg with sanitiser to the brim, then pushed it out with CO2? That way you know it's going to be only co2 in there. Also, put a gas disconnect on your gas out of keg and put a line into fermenter. That way, the co2 in the keg will be pushed into the headspace of your fermenter by the incoming beer. You'll use much less CO2. My $0.02. What strain of kveik you using?? Cheers
@@FloraBrewing well, you're talking what $1 worth of starsan Vs how many $$$ of hops and malt? Starsan is expensive, have switched to other versions of phosphoric acid based no rinse sanitisers for this reason. 🙂😉👍
$1 worth of starsan? Where are you buying your starsan from? You dont even have to go full strength starsan. The important thing is to have liquid to push all of the air out and be replace with CO2. The other thing I do is use the Starsan to clean my kegerator lines and tap as well.
@@Zumaray well, at 1-1.5ml per/L, that would be 19ml, or $0.60 worth. Yeh, it's a little cost, but I'd rather that than throw $40 worth of hops into a beer and then have it get oxidised because I didn't I didn't get all the oxygen out. I now use a little sodium met. Much cheaper, and it's an oxygen scavenge.
Brewer Boy look for Spike Brewing conical. I’m kinda wondering how does she like the cannular canning system... For oxygen, I find as long as there a bit of live yeast and some remaining fermentables you don’t have to be overly paranoid about transfers.
people think this sorta thing is an over the top total waste of time, but i have just done my first 2 neipas and the brewing went perfect but cause of my setup i have lost both to oxygen, gutted nearly £100 of ingredients wasted. im not to the stage of corni kegs yet so im still bottling with a wand and i think thats where ive lost them. so my point is listen to the women brewers shes knows what shes talking about and this oxygen thing is real
just to add not had a problem with normal ipas etc only since trying really hop forward juicy recipes, anything without oats and wheat and no large amounts of late hop additions and ive had zero issues, so for any very new brewers reading this im not saying you need to do whats in this video to be able to brew at home, dont be put off you can still brew beer with a simple setup like mine but to get in depth to fantastic brews then listen to this video
I would say around 6 given my brewing schedule and the fact that I use the same CO2 tank for my kegerator and force carbonating..a 10lb lasts me 3-4 mo
Great video. This one made me curious how you bottle your beers without a secondary fermentation in the bottle. It would be great to see a video about that!
Nice video! It's pronounced kuh-VIKE (rhymes with bike). I have a bunch of leftover 16g CO2 cartridges and a keg attachment for them. They contain enough gas to purge my smaller 2.5 gallon kegs, and I also use the liquid line to push air up and out.
Rather than run your tank's co2 to the top of the fermenter, you can connect the co2 out from the keg to the top of the fermenter. Then as the keg fills it pushes the co2 out from the keg back into the top of the fermenter.
Flora Brewing what I do is to take a gas ball lock connector and attach a silicon tube to it. Then push the gas connector onto the gas in post on the keg. Then take the other end of the tube (which is open) and push that into the top of the fermenter (where the airlock bung goes). Then when you open the valve on the fermenter the beer flows into the keg which pushes the co2 from the keg, through the hose into the fermenter. This assumes that you've purged the keg with co2 first.
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Great video! I just started closed transferring recently and you hit all the points on this. Cheers!
Love hearing that!
Great video. This was helpful thank you
Was just thinking about this, great timing!
Glad to help!
You did a great job on explaining the process. It was very helpful. I did want to know where did you get the sanitizing sprayer? I really like it. it seems to be ver y flexible. Thanks.
Good explanation
Great Vid! Cheers!
Thank you!
I am interested in getting the SB flex plus. I have basic equipment (starting out on fermenting buckets and bottling buckets) to bottle my beer. From what I can tell, closed transfers are the only method with SB flex. My question to you: how would I transfer the wort from SB flex plus (very similar fermenter in this video) to a bottling bucket? I do plan to eventually get a kegerator and a couple of ball lock corny kegs.
Need some advice before I make purchase. Thanks and keep up the awesome videos!
Brilliant video👍👍👍
Thank you!
very smart way !
Thank you! It took some trial and error but I like it now :)
Would it take more gas to purge 5 times or to press sanitizer out?
Nice one. That's something I really should do when I keg or at least flush the keg before I fill. Cheers
Def flush!!
Wouldn't it make sense to connect the gas side of the keg to the bung on the fermenter, as the liquid displaces the co2 it gets pushed into the fermenter.
Sweet vid. How do you like that spike fermenter?
Love it! I don't use it to it's full potential though, I need to look into getting the extra equip to do pressurized ferments and stuff
First off let me say how much I like your videos! Second, how did you learn so much about these kind of things? Like i would have never thought of doing all this. I mean it makes sense to me now. Cheers!
I google a lot of things mainly
@@FloraBrewing google is a wonderful place
As a fairly new female homebrewer it was refreshing to stumble upon this very helpful video. I just ordered my Spike flex and was curious how to go about racking and you answered almost all of my questions! Only one, that tubing that you connect from the fermenter to keg...you said it’s unique to Spike, did you get it from them or is it available at a homebrew supply store?
You just need a ½” threaded to barb fitting from the fermenter to tubing you can probably get it from a hardware store... I think I bought some from Anawalt the other day
Do you leave the Co2 line draped in the fermenter during the transfer with the gas running? Great video.
Yeah running at like .5psi
Couple of things.
1.) You might as well just do a closed transfer, since you have everything you need for it there.
2.) "Co2 blanket" isnt really as much of a foolproof thing as homebrewers seem to think.
Just push with minimal co2. This almost seems like more work with less effectiveness than an actual closed transfer.
Agreed diffusion can still occur based on the weight of the gas, the most consistent method is to do a full liquid fill [typically starsan] and purge the full volume of liquid.
Nice one think I’ll have to give this ago on my future brews, one of last brews smelt pants think I got some oxygen into it. Cheers
Wild! I have a super spicy thing happening in one of my IPAs that I cant figure out so I'm just letting it sit until I'm brave enough to try it again.
Flora Brewing I thought the smell and taste had gone in my brew, after a couple of pints it’s still around will leave it longer or pinch nose and drink it.
I xfer to a secondary for the dryhop in a purged keg and spunding the gas line for the secondary. Then when the pressure stops rising I cold crash then pressure transfer to a purged serving keg. No more cardboard. I think for me it was the cold crash in the carboy that would introduce O2 and make sad beer. It's a bit more to clean up but I get clearer, fresher beer for longer.
I cold crash in keg too. I just got some floating dip tubes to try out to prevent the first beer being filled with yeast.
@@FloraBrewing I've been looking at those. Let us know how they work out, they're a bit pricey.
@@FloraBrewing I just got some floating diptubes too! I want to play with them in bigger vessels tho
I did find this helpful actually.
I like your regulator. What are you using?
It came with my kegerator so I'm not totally sure but the kegerator is a Keg King
The spike flex brought me here, how do you like it?
Can you pressurise the SB fermenter?
Yes! I beleive it will take 3PSI
Did you use a gas post rather than liquid post on the keg when you added the gas ball lock to purge? Those gas/liquid ball locks typically aren’t interchangeable on either post. Also, rather that just dropping the gas line into the top of the open fermenter and risking exposure to O2, you can attach the gas line directly to the inside of the airlock stem. Depending on the ID of your gas line, it’s likely a perfect fit! Just flip the top open and fit it onto the hose!
I use the liquid post, I've noticed the gas will go on liquid but not the other way around. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT! game changer!
Nice vid Sarah!! I am going to keg my NEIPA right now but using Fermzilla AR similar stuff. Cheers mate!!!
OO I haven't checked out the Fermzillas. I'm a fermenter hoarder though so I should probably stay away!
@@FloraBrewing it's pretty similar the Fermzilla is transparent plastic and can be pressurized... BTW I tasted that NEIPA last night and it turned well with Motueka. Cheers!
Cool vid. Rather than fill an empty keg 3-5 times with CO2, have you ever filled the keg with sanitiser to the brim, then pushed it out with CO2? That way you know it's going to be only co2 in there. Also, put a gas disconnect on your gas out of keg and put a line into fermenter. That way, the co2 in the keg will be pushed into the headspace of your fermenter by the incoming beer. You'll use much less CO2. My $0.02. What strain of kveik you using?? Cheers
That's just sooo much starsan! That is a GENIUS idea!! How is CO2 so expensive?!!?
@@FloraBrewing well, you're talking what $1 worth of starsan Vs how many $$$ of hops and malt? Starsan is expensive, have switched to other versions of phosphoric acid based no rinse sanitisers for this reason. 🙂😉👍
$1 worth of starsan? Where are you buying your starsan from? You dont even have to go full strength starsan. The important thing is to have liquid to push all of the air out and be replace with CO2. The other thing I do is use the Starsan to clean my kegerator lines and tap as well.
@@Zumaray well, at 1-1.5ml per/L, that would be 19ml, or $0.60 worth. Yeh, it's a little cost, but I'd rather that than throw $40 worth of hops into a beer and then have it get oxidised because I didn't I didn't get all the oxygen out. I now use a little sodium met. Much cheaper, and it's an oxygen scavenge.
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Hi
Question: this is a super Fermenter, whitch Produkt is it? Where can i buy it?
Brewer Boy look for Spike Brewing conical. I’m kinda wondering how does she like the cannular canning system... For oxygen, I find as long as there a bit of live yeast and some remaining fermentables you don’t have to be overly paranoid about transfers.
Love the cannular. I only bottle for competition now, I'm totally sold on cans.
so how do you dry hop?
In primary but I think I’m going to start using a secondary vessel and see if it gives me a cleaner taste
@@FloraBrewing ua-cam.com/video/nsUDTAaXeu0/v-deo.html you should look at this solution, i bought one but haven't had a chance to use it yet
Good fishing in Quebec
people think this sorta thing is an over the top total waste of time, but i have just done my first 2 neipas and the brewing went perfect but cause of my setup i have lost both to oxygen, gutted nearly £100 of ingredients wasted. im not to the stage of corni kegs yet so im still bottling with a wand and i think thats where ive lost them. so my point is listen to the women brewers shes knows what shes talking about and this oxygen thing is real
just to add not had a problem with normal ipas etc only since trying really hop forward juicy recipes, anything without oats and wheat and no large amounts of late hop additions and ive had zero issues, so for any very new brewers reading this im not saying you need to do whats in this video to be able to brew at home, dont be put off you can still brew beer with a simple setup like mine but to get in depth to fantastic brews then listen to this video
I'm paranoid about most things so being over the top is my MO 😂
How many 5g kegs will you get out of a 5 lb co2 tank with this method?
I would say around 6 given my brewing schedule and the fact that I use the same CO2 tank for my kegerator and force carbonating..a 10lb lasts me 3-4 mo
🙂👍
Great video. This one made me curious how you bottle your beers without a secondary fermentation in the bottle. It would be great to see a video about that!
On the list! I have some new bottling equipment on the way I’m going to demo
Nice video! It's pronounced kuh-VIKE (rhymes with bike). I have a bunch of leftover 16g CO2 cartridges and a keg attachment for them. They contain enough gas to purge my smaller 2.5 gallon kegs, and I also use the liquid line to push air up and out.
Since I read your comment I've been saying it right! I promise ;) I love those 16g cartridges. I keep them around in case of emergency now.
Bung hole is still funny to hear. I'm an adult
And thats why I say it as much as I can haha
@@FloraBrewing haha I appreciate it! Nice vids, your series has been super helpful as I learn this hobby
All hail, THE BUNG HOLE!!
Rather than run your tank's co2 to the top of the fermenter, you can connect the co2 out from the keg to the top of the fermenter. Then as the keg fills it pushes the co2 out from the keg back into the top of the fermenter.
If your Kegs free use the CO2 from Fermentation to purge the Keg as well.
All in the name of saving The Greta.
I love this idea! Thanks for the tip IDK why I didnt think of it with CO2 being so expensive!
I haven't quite figured out how to do this yet. Any tips?
Flora Brewing what I do is to take a gas ball lock connector and attach a silicon tube to it. Then push the gas connector onto the gas in post on the keg. Then take the other end of the tube (which is open) and push that into the top of the fermenter (where the airlock bung goes). Then when you open the valve on the fermenter the beer flows into the keg which pushes the co2 from the keg, through the hose into the fermenter. This assumes that you've purged the keg with co2 first.
seems like a big waste of co2
I started draping a line from the keg that has been purged to the fermenter to recycle CO2 instead