EASY PRESSURE FERMENTATION FOR BEGINNERS | THE MALT MILLER
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- We're taking a look at how you can get into Pressure Fermentation easily and affordably. This method can make a big difference to many beer styles, especially lagers!
We'll take a look at how you can take your first step into this world but also why you might want to use this method.
The pressure fermenters featured in this video are the Keg King Junior range, which you can browse here - www.themaltmiller.co.uk/produ...
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Another option for dry hopping is using food grade sous vide magnets. Take a muslin bag, put your hops in and one of the (sanitized) magnets inside at the top, put your other magnet on the outside of the vessel. When you're ready to dry hop, pull the outer magnet off and your hops will drop in
CH would be proud braj
Look forward to seeing these in use, very interesting 👍
Great video and well explained, cheers!
I’ve been fermenting under pressure for a few years now. Where were you when I started? Great video for beginners and a refreshers for the rest of us.
I use my 20L as a keg to serve from. Handy being able to see when the beer will kick ;)
It's a great bit of kit - basically foolproof to make something tasty!
Great video as usual, would love to go for something like the fermzilla gen 3 so I can do a yeast dump and other cool stuff, sadly it qont fit in my fermentation fridge 😢 maybe i should look in to one of these and forgo the collection chamber. Looking forward to seeing your comparison video next.
Great video and as always very informative. It would great be to see on your web site suggestions on the PSI levels to use during fermentation for particular beer styles. I do a Black Lager under pressure using Omega Kveik Lutra at 10psi and from brew day to drinking takes around 2 weeks. Dump the yeast cake and start a new brew to have an almost continuous supply of a damn fine beer. That's the beauty of pressure fermenting. Keep up the great work guys.
I just set mine to what serving pressure will be at room temp and have never had any issues. At 72F that is around 30psi for fermentation to achieve 10psi at 38-40 degrees serving temp once it's been chilled. Zero carbonation required which saves loads on co2. A 5lb tank swap where I'm at costs $35 and nobody does refills, so any way I can save co2, I do.
To dryhop use a magnet and a satchel on the side of the container.
Plenty of people seem to be using this method but for us it limits the surface area that the hops have to come into contact with the beer in the tank. Might be something to trial in a side by side at some point
Excellent video as always guys.
Speaking of pressure fermenting, did you ever try the Grainfather GF30 dual valve under pressure? thinking of this with the MiniUni?
Yes!! It worked a treat!!
I've been using the chubby for the last 18 months or so and it's fantastic. I'll regularly get from grain to glass in around a week.🍺 Only downside is that they only last for a couple of years.
I have the snub nose fermenter. Been in use for over 4 years. Just don't let the pressure get to high,12 PSI is my max.
Since the UK left The EU, it became unattractive to order from the island. Now I'm ordering my malt extract from Poland. Have a great day both of you.///
Great video, thank you. I have just used my Fermzilla to pressure ferment an IPL. How do you go about calculating the pressure to set the fermenter to for cold crashing? My assumption is that the 10 PSI it is currently at is too low for the carbonation volume the style recommends and it needs a boost of CO2 ahead of the CC.
What you’ll need to remember is that it will be absorbing CO2 through the whole fermentation process so we check by taking samples and making judgements as to how much more is needed in the headspace before cold crash.
Nice video.
Would I be able to bottling directly from these using the natural carbonation? What would I need to buy beside what you've showed?
Cheers
Yes you can! You'll need a beer gun or counter pressure filler. If you have a kegerator already then the TapCooler filler is the best and easiest option, fits right onto the tap.
@@themaltmiller8438 That sounds great... will look into this solution :)
Thanks !
Love this, but how do you clean the king chubby and other vessels. As 4 inch opening at the top, not going to get your hand in.....
Look forward to your reply
We rinse them with warm water to get all the "big stuff" out and then soak with a cleaner such as Sodium Percarbonate for an hour or two at a warm temperature, not hotter than 50c though as the plastic doesn't like that. After this time wash it all out again a few times with hot water, sanitise with a no rinse sanitiser and thats job done. Really simple and easy.
I’m interested in these but I don’t have chilling facilities or kegs. Currently bottle my beers. Just wondering if you can bottle straight from these and the stored bottles will be carbed without priming sugar? Or would you recommend adding sugar to my bottles?
Hey Ben, you can bottle directly from any keg but you will need something like a counter pressure filler or beer gun. It could become quite complex and problematic. I'd suggest you look at the 10l one of these and just serve directly from is, you could fit it in to a fridge in the kitchen and all you need to add is a tap of some sort and a small CO2 regulator with CO2 bulbs to keep the pressure in the keg when you serve from it.
15psi was mentioned for larger at 12:14. What's a typical pressure for a hazy or hoppy beer?
Hey! Literally "only just a bit" approach to hazy hop forward beers, 1psi or less, its all about reducing oxygen in those styles rather than limiting the yeast off flavours
How do you go about testing a PET pressure fermenter once they've passed the 'do not use after' date on the product label, to make sure that it's still safe to hold pressure?
Kegland has CZcams videos on how to hydro test the fermenters.
Hey was interested in throwing in some carbonation drops, how many would I need for a standard beer kit of 20-23 litres?
It really depends on how heavily you want the beer to be carbonated. Most of the Carbonation Drops call for 2 drops per 750ml of beer, so about 50 would suffice however you could add brewing sugar instead as this can be weighed out and added to the FV after fermentation. Just note that if you are using a spunding valve during fermentation and fermenting under pressure, then for lager styles and many others, you can naturally carbonate the beers without the need for additional sugars. You might want to add some in for ales where you have not fermented under higher pressure though. Hope this helps! If you have any questions feel free to email us at hello@themaltmiller.co.uk
Pressure fermentation is a new concept to me. I do not know where to begin
Try to not overthink it, we did for a while! Best advice is to pick up one of these more affordable options of fermenters and give it a go! Start with an easy recipe such as a simple lager and see how you get on, grow from there!
Is there any way to modify a pressure barrel (2" cap size) to do something similar to these newer PET fermenters? I've got a basic bucket FV and a PB setup, which has been pretty successful to date.
You would find this challenging as adding additional ports/posts and PRV's require you to drill the barrel and will further compromise the ability to hold pressure. For the cost of the parts and time, it would be far easier and effective to buy one of the cheaper versions of these such as the Fermenter King Junior or Chubby.
@@themaltmiller8438 cheers for the reply as usual. Pressure rated FV or keg system order incoming.
I bought the king junior from you guys last week trying a lager for the first time in it, but was considering using it for some fruit based stuff cider and maybe doing something with cherries, trouble is there is little or no info on it, its mostly pils/ipa/lager I did find a few people saying cider is good too using lager yeasts. Would a cherry sparkling wine be a terrible idea using a lager yeast?
Hey! I don't really think there are limitations as to what you ferment under pressure. It's more about trialing things to see what works under each set of circumstances. If you plan to make wine then I'd stick to wine yeast and not a lager yeast, this you may need to make sure it has little to no pressure in the keg though, some yeasts struggle under pressure that is too high. Cider would be great to try, the naturally carbonated benefit of the pressure fermentation would suit that really well! Hope it goes well!
@@themaltmiller8438 I was thinking of doing a light fruit based wine (I'm probably using the wrong terminology with the word wine) like maybe 6-7 abv, since I'm guessing adding pressure will likely impact the yeasts alcohol tolerance.
Could you bottle straight from a pressure fermenter?
With something like a counter pressure filler, yes
How do you get the spundy to regulate to a certain pressure?
There is a dial on the back that you use to adjust the pressure
@themaltmiller8438 thanks.
I guessed that part.....
I presume you allow the pressure to build, undo the black screw cap, wait until the pressure falls to the number psi you want and that's then set and any pressure rise after is released automatically.... not then tighten the cap after that? sorry but newbie here...
I have a 20l junior and am interested in the 10l. Is it possible to stack more than one on top of each other? There are some lower profile post fittings on the market would these make the lower keg usage?
I’ll take a look tomorrow and come back to you. When they have a disconnect on them o think they won’t stack, but we will take a look and come back to you
Just checked, they will stack but only when there is no connectors on them 👍🏻
@@themaltmiller8438 thanks for doing that.