Blichmann Cornical Review
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- The Blichmann Cornical… What is it, and why you’re going to want one!
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I think this is the perfect addition for anyone using the Picobrew Zymatic. With the Zymatic you brew in a corny so the standard ball lock connections and lid opening size are perfect. Once you have finished brewing and chilling you simply flip it and attach the sanitized conical bottom, flip it and ferment. Having a true 60 degree conical design aids in easy dumping of trub, harvesting yeast and taking samples, something not so easy to do when fermenting in a standard corny. When fermenting is complete you could transfer to a regular 2.5 gallon corny, force carb and serve (allowing you to brew again right away) or flip and install keg base then force carb and serve.
Sounds like a great match Kevin! Now, do you know someone who could hook me up with a Picobrew? Cheers!
That's a pretty neat addition to your brewery. Blichman makes some nice stuff but it does have a hefty price tag. You get what you pay for with them at least. Cheers!
No lie there, very hight quality stuff!
I don't understand this product at all. You can get a SS Brewtech Chronical for $400 and used corny kegs are about $50. You'll need at least two kegs if you want to have beer consistently on tap (more if you're lagering or drinking rapidly). The base price for a Cornical is the same as A Chronical plus two kegs, but to have the same functionality as that combo, you'll to buy an extra keg, which adds another $175 to the price of the Cornical. For each keg you add to your system, the cost differential for the Cornical increases by about $100 ($175 vs. ~$50-75 a keg).
My other big concern is the design. Sure, it's nice not to have to transfer to a keg. But, if you're kegging you already have a CO2 tank and the lines required to transfer, so you don't need any extra gear. The biggest issue is that with a traditional conical fermenter the transfer process is sanitary and without exposure to oxygen. With the Cornical, not only is the finished beer exposed to the elements (and potential contamination) while you are putting the base on the keg, but the base traps what looks like at least a half gallon of air into the keg, which will be mixed in when you flip it over. The combination of cost, increase in dissolved oxygen, and increased risk of infection just don't seem to offset the slight decrease in effort from transferring to a keg.
I like the idea, and applaud Blichmann for the ingenuity, but this product seems to do a poorer job than the less expensive options that already exist.
Thanks for the input Jason, I'll look into the SS Brewtech Chronical. Keep brewing my friend!
Thanks so much for your video. A few questions. What is your opinion on purchasing this product for someone with no previous kegging equipment? Is this a good product to take packaging from bottling to kegging? My other big concern is all the gunk that ends up on the sides of the fermenter from the krausen. All that stuff now stays in the fermenter. Was that a concern for you, and did you find it had any impact on the flavor of the beer?
finalcutjay - Thanks for watching. I wouldn't use this as your first piece of kegging equipment. Once you have beer in it, you are tied up until it's empty to use it again to ferment in. The leftover yeast does affect the last little bit of your servings off the keg (really just the last glass). While it's convenient I would not make this my first purchase. Hope this helps. Cheers!
Man do you get paid by Blichmann for these vids? Cuz you do a fine job. Thanks for all the info! Already have a hellfire ordered
ZmannR2 - No, I don't get paid, but if you know someone there who could make that happen...Just sayin' Glade you're enjoying them. Cheers!
Home Brewing TV Blichmann is awesome. I have the thrumometer, thermanator and beer gun so far with the hellfire on order. Between them and SS Brewtech, my wife has gotten jealous lol!
I have a few questions: What is the capacity of the keg? What is total height of the fermenter without a blowoff/airlock? and Did you not clean whatever residual krausen junk left behind after fermentation, and does it negatively affect the taste of the beer? I'm sure flipping the vessel for the kegging stage allows the beer to contact that residual krausen junk. I've read that stuff embitters the beer. Thanks for any info, and cheers!
All great questions; it’s a standard size 5 gallon keg. Adding the cone for Fermentation adds approximately one gallon of head space. I did not clean any residue off the sides before flipping it over, but I did not get any off flavors from it. I’ll have to get you measurements later, I’m out this week on business. Thanks for watching!
If you ferment the wort in the keg that you plan to serve the beer from, you are saying that only the last few beers served will be affected by the yeast that has caked on the walls of the fermentor? When flipping the keg upside down to place the keg bottom, does the caked yeast come into the beer?
Sebastien Jansen - great question; not much yeast mixes back into the beer, and after a few days its all settled out again and you’ll have clear beer. You’ll notice yeasty beer again once the keg gets near the end, and the settled yeast is pulled off the sides of the keg by the lack of liquid holding it there.
How would it naturally carbonate the beer if your opening the vessel or is the beer already carbonated at that point
Great question Brian. In my example I force carbonated the beer with CO2 after fermentation. You could however attach a spunding valve to the cornical while fermenting which would naturally carbonate the beer. Just remember to release the pressure before swapping the bottoms.
How does temperature control work during fermentation. It won’t fit in my fridge.
That is a problem... You can of course wrap it with a carboy heater to keep it warm, and to keep it cool you can put wet towels over it, but without a fridge to put it in you’ll have to stick with ales I guess. Or this would be a great opportunity to invent a cooling coil that fits in a corny keg. Make some big $$$?
I wish I could agree, but at the price point these are it just doesnt really do it for me. for someone else that might work, also the extra bits sticking off the now keg would make fitting these into my keezer... impossible. While its a cool idea frankly I think its a bit of a miss. I could buy a brewbucket + 3 new kegs and it would equal the cost of one of these. plus you just tied up your fermenting vessel until the now keg is empty.
225 for a brew bucket + 75 a pop for brand new kegs = almost 4 brand new kegs + a bucket for the price of ONE cornical.
Who cleans fermenters halfway through fermenting anyway?
opinions on HBT all seem to be of the same of "what were they thinking".
You have a few valid points. It is on the pricey side, but you don't tie up the fermentor until you're done with the keg. The conical portion is removed and replaced with the Keg bottom which makes it the same size as any standard Corny Keg. If you had multiple kegs that work with the the Cornical system you'd be able to ferment another batch as soon as you caped your first one. As for cleaning fermenters I was referring to cleaning the primary fermentor, after transferring the beer to a secondary fermentor, and in this case there is no need to rack to secondary. Thanks for watching. Cheers!