Excellent. Looking forward to your experiments with two of them. For starters, from my experience reviewing this thing, I'd like to see a taste test between the same beer divided between two of them and have one ferment under natural pressure and carbonation and the other with the airlock only. From the one batch I did under pressure, it reminded me a bit of the old days of bottling with malt extract as the priming sugar.
BEER-N-BBQ by Larry that is exactly why I bought the second one! Really curious about the results.. I guess I'll have to brew more! Darn! Lol Enjoyed your review as well! Cheers Larry! 🍻
Awesome video as usual. Please note to use keg lube on the bottom connection. Mine was super clean and STILL froze in place twice. Second time had to cut it off and get new fittings
Great tip on the gradation sticker application water trick thing. I just got one for Christmas. Will be picking up the pressure kit soon. I can't wait to try this baby out... Oh yeah, great job on the videos too... Big fan...
Sure.. all those years putting stickers on vehicles transferred over to this hobby!! I love the pressure kit on mine. I am coming out with a cleaning video shortly. Cheers Matt!! 🍻
Sweet... I'm sure that will come in handy too. I am currently using a home-made PBW that works great on all my other equipment. I'm hoping to be able to use it on my Fermentasaurus as well...
There is a red line on the gallon/litre marker tape that hints toward the proper place to put it on the fermentasaurus. That red line is meant to be placed directly on a little raised bump like seam that runs around the whole vessel just above the grey information sticker.
Happy to help! It is odd they don't have any info about where exactly to place the sticker. Wasn't until I saw a setup and unboxing video here on youtube I learned that. You taught me about the soapy water sticker application thing though, so thanks for that. hehe I hope you enjoy your twin fermentasaurs, got one for my father and I and we have been loving the unitank. Especially with a spunding valve, set it and forget it pressurized ferment and natural carb. Cheers!
It is pretty odd.. I went down and and checked what you described and sure enough.. there is a red line.. I will mention it and acknowledge your "contribution" in the next video I do on them.. I think they should be a lot of fun to use.. I am looking forward to many experiments with them.. The soapy water trick work on about any sticker.. glad you found it helpful!! Cheers!
The graduation sticker has a red line on it. If you position that red line so it's in line with the top plastic ridge before the unit starts to narrow it'll be in the correct place. No need to measure liquid out :)
I'm using this with the pressure kit on a super-hopped IPA (5 gallon batch brewed with 10oz and will dry hop with an additional 4oz). I made a spunding valve to try with the pressure kit. About 12hrs in after pitching, we'll see how this goes!
24hrs in and pressure is definitely holding! The homemade spunding valve seems to be working well and holding (maintaining 12psi from other sources, but basically guessing. Even if it's higher/lower than serving pressure, it's still more carbed than an airlock). A test of side-by-side (airlock/pressure) would be interesting on something with that'll generate a ton of krausen to see the difference. I'll have to take a video but the fermentation is really going now (2 packs of US-05 as I didn't have enough time to make a starter). The collection bottle is 90% hop goodness and the top part if liquid that is moving around. I've squeezed the bottle and articulated the butterfly valve to move some of the material around. Seems to be working well; I've made this batch in a Big Mouth Bubbler not long ago so this will be a good comparison; we'll see!
I know the vide is quite old, but you don't happen to have the measurements of the Fermentasaurus with the air lock and the stand in place, do you? :) I have a horizontal freeze that I use as chamber, I am not sure if it would fit on the lower part of it.
I don't know that they have a release date on the Gen 2 model yet. If I'm wrong let me know. I don't think he would go wrong with getting Gen 1 but the Gen 2 models certainly looks nice as well. Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers👍🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers ya I haven't seen a release date yet . Have you had issues with the smaller valve on the bottom ? I know the new one is supposed to have a 2 inch valve. I like the idea of the larger vessel for my double batches in one container. This is definitely a more cost effective unitank compared to the spike I was looking at.
I have not had any issues with the valve. I have not dry hop with any whole cone or anything like that so I can't speak to any trouble with that. I hope to get one when they put them out so I can do another video on that updated version. Stay tuned! Cheers Jeremy! 👍🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers one last question, thanks in advance. When you ferment under pressure are u putting the pressure cap on right after you pitch yeast or waiting until the tail end of fermentation to add the pressure cap. Also have you found any taste difference between a pressure fermentation vs non. Thanks again ,and keep up the good work.
When I have pressure fermented I put it on at the beginning. My perception of the difference between the two is that the pressure fermentation is a cleaner flavor.
It would be interesting to ferment the same brew side by side (under pressure vs. old school) and perhaps let the temperature run a bit higher than normal. Is there really a difference/advantage for the average brewer? I currently have to use a swamp cooler most the year (in my basement) to maintain a 68F fermentation. How much temperature is offset by pressure? I like the ability to capture the yeast!
It is a spunding valve. I will see what I can do.. I have a feeling I will be buying another pressure kit eventually anyway.. so I will need another one. Thanks for the comment! Cheers 🍻
I wonder if you can ferment under pressure with the racking arm. I like to taste my beer while it is fermenting. It has made me a more consistent and better brewer. That's a but more important to me than fermenting under pressure.
Keg-King advises putting PBW or Sodium percarbonate in it and let it soak and it should release all of the trub and beer stone. I have a Mark II keg washer I am going to try and use with it. BE CAREFUL about hot water though.. says not to go over 120 degrees Fahrenheit on temp. Let me know if that works for you. Also are you using the pressure lid? Cheers! 🍻
Short Circuited Brewers yes I'm using the pressure lid. My first attempt wasn't quite successful. I think I had the lid cranked on too tight. And the O-ring blew out I wasn't using a spending valve at that point. I was able to put the lid back on and everything works fine for the rest of the fermentation. I approve Ashley been using a fast ferment this product is much better.
@Short Circuited Brewers Again, not very informative. Not made anymore because they sucked? They broke? Went out of business? Bought out? Etc? What was YOUR final overall review of these that you were going to review and show us more about?
@@gbs7144 well I did 3 other videos on it. th-cam.com/video/jvQixiCJslI/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/wSbmkW3mrTA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/mODk7JZZInQ/w-d-xo.html
For sure the best review on youtube for this product. Good job :)
Thanks David! I really appreciate that especially coming from another creator that does a great job!! Cheers! 🍻
Excellent. Looking forward to your experiments with two of them. For starters, from my experience reviewing this thing, I'd like to see a taste test between the same beer divided between two of them and have one ferment under natural pressure and carbonation and the other with the airlock only. From the one batch I did under pressure, it reminded me a bit of the old days of bottling with malt extract as the priming sugar.
BEER-N-BBQ by Larry that is exactly why I bought the second one! Really curious about the results.. I guess I'll have to brew more! Darn! Lol
Enjoyed your review as well! Cheers Larry! 🍻
Awesome video as usual. Please note to use keg lube on the bottom connection. Mine was super clean and STILL froze in place twice. Second time had to cut it off and get new fittings
Oh geez... on the Fermzilla or the fermentasaurus?
Short Circuited Brewers fermentasaurus
Great tip on the gradation sticker application water trick thing. I just got one for Christmas. Will be picking up the pressure kit soon. I can't wait to try this baby out... Oh yeah, great job on the videos too... Big fan...
Sure.. all those years putting stickers on vehicles transferred over to this hobby!! I love the pressure kit on mine. I am coming out with a cleaning video shortly. Cheers Matt!! 🍻
Sweet... I'm sure that will come in handy too. I am currently using a home-made PBW that works great on all my other equipment. I'm hoping to be able to use it on my Fermentasaurus as well...
Should work fine... MAKE SURE not to exceed 120 degree water temp.. it gets really ugly if you put hot water in one.. I have seen pictures... Yikes
Yeah, I just fill up with hose water let it sit overnight rinse and repeat if needed...
There is a red line on the gallon/litre marker tape that hints toward the proper place to put it on the fermentasaurus. That red line is meant to be placed directly on a little raised bump like seam that runs around the whole vessel just above the grey information sticker.
Gryer thanks for that info! They do not have any info in the manual about it. Cheers! 🍻
Happy to help! It is odd they don't have any info about where exactly to place the sticker. Wasn't until I saw a setup and unboxing video here on youtube I learned that. You taught me about the soapy water sticker application thing though, so thanks for that. hehe
I hope you enjoy your twin fermentasaurs, got one for my father and I and we have been loving the unitank. Especially with a spunding valve, set it and forget it pressurized ferment and natural carb.
Cheers!
It is pretty odd.. I went down and and checked what you described and sure enough.. there is a red line.. I will mention it and acknowledge your "contribution" in the next video I do on them.. I think they should be a lot of fun to use.. I am looking forward to many experiments with them.. The soapy water trick work on about any sticker.. glad you found it helpful!! Cheers!
I was gifted one of these the other day. It is 2024, and I'm in Germany. Where doI find spare parts this thing? (particularly in Germany)
Looking forward to seeing how this thing works....Also interested in a spunding valve build video...Great videos...
Thanks Clyde!! More on these things to come for sure! Cheers!🍻
The graduation sticker has a red line on it. If you position that red line so it's in line with the top plastic ridge before the unit starts to narrow it'll be in the correct place. No need to measure liquid out :)
Yep that is correct 👍🍻
I'm using this with the pressure kit on a super-hopped IPA (5 gallon batch brewed with 10oz and will dry hop with an additional 4oz). I made a spunding valve to try with the pressure kit. About 12hrs in after pitching, we'll see how this goes!
AWESOME! Please let me know how it goes! Very interested in your results! Cheers! 🍻
24hrs in and pressure is definitely holding! The homemade spunding valve seems to be working well and holding (maintaining 12psi from other sources, but basically guessing. Even if it's higher/lower than serving pressure, it's still more carbed than an airlock). A test of side-by-side (airlock/pressure) would be interesting on something with that'll generate a ton of krausen to see the difference. I'll have to take a video but the fermentation is really going now (2 packs of US-05 as I didn't have enough time to make a starter). The collection bottle is 90% hop goodness and the top part if liquid that is moving around. I've squeezed the bottle and articulated the butterfly valve to move some of the material around. Seems to be working well; I've made this batch in a Big Mouth Bubbler not long ago so this will be a good comparison; we'll see!
Awesome Jason!! Thanks for the update!! 🍻
Sweet review! Thanks Man. BREW ON!
Brew Dudes thanks guys!! Can't wait to do some testing and share my findings! Cheers!🍻
I know the vide is quite old, but you don't happen to have the measurements of the Fermentasaurus with the air lock and the stand in place, do you? :) I have a horizontal freeze that I use as chamber, I am not sure if it would fit on the lower part of it.
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Great video. Looking at getting one of these baby's but wondering if I should wait for the gen 2 model.
I don't know that they have a release date on the Gen 2 model yet. If I'm wrong let me know. I don't think he would go wrong with getting Gen 1 but the Gen 2 models certainly looks nice as well. Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers👍🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers ya I haven't seen a release date yet . Have you had issues with the smaller valve on the bottom ? I know the new one is supposed to have a 2 inch valve. I like the idea of the larger vessel for my double batches in one container. This is definitely a more cost effective unitank compared to the spike I was looking at.
I have not had any issues with the valve. I have not dry hop with any whole cone or anything like that so I can't speak to any trouble with that. I hope to get one when they put them out so I can do another video on that updated version. Stay tuned! Cheers Jeremy! 👍🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers one last question, thanks in advance. When you ferment under pressure are u putting the pressure cap on right after you pitch yeast or waiting until the tail end of fermentation to add the pressure cap. Also have you found any taste difference between a pressure fermentation vs non. Thanks again ,and keep up the good work.
When I have pressure fermented I put it on at the beginning. My perception of the difference between the two is that the pressure fermentation is a cleaner flavor.
I´ve made two stainless fermenters with tri clamp ball valve that fit in my temp. controlled fridge so I don´t need to ferment under pressure. Cheers
Old Norse brewery one of my next ventures.. Is temperature controlled fermentation.. Cheers! 🍻
It would be interesting to ferment the same brew side by side (under pressure vs. old school) and perhaps let the temperature run a bit higher than normal. Is there really a difference/advantage for the average brewer? I currently have to use a swamp cooler most the year (in my basement) to maintain a 68F fermentation. How much temperature is offset by pressure? I like the ability to capture the yeast!
+Mark Rife that's what I hope to find out!! Cheers! 🍻
I would like to know more about the spunging (sp?) valve. I think it would be cool to see you build one from spare/new parts. Cheers
It is a spunding valve. I will see what I can do.. I have a feeling I will be buying another pressure kit eventually anyway.. so I will need another one. Thanks for the comment! Cheers 🍻
Thumbs Up Brian. May I suggest when pressure testing ANY vessel have it 95% full of liquid. Picture a blow-up balloon verses a water balloon. Cheers!
Mr. Bill Oxebar recommends pressure testing empty from what I saw on their videos.. I do agree with you though.. Less gas wasted.too! Cheers!🍻
Great Video.
Thanks!! 👍🍻
I wonder if you can ferment under pressure with the racking arm. I like to taste my beer while it is fermenting. It has made me a more consistent and better brewer. That's a but more important to me than fermenting under pressure.
Yes sir you sure can.
I didn't realize you could carbonate inside of this. That's rad I'm going to have to look into it.
Oh yeah! They are pretty cool and for $119.00 pretty good deal... it is another $50 for the pressure kit but still a good deal! Cheers Tim! 🍻
I've got the fermentasaurus I found cleaning it to be extremely difficult as I have very large hands . Do you have any pointers?
Keg-King advises putting PBW or Sodium percarbonate in it and let it soak and it should release all of the trub and beer stone. I have a Mark II keg washer I am going to try and use with it. BE CAREFUL about hot water though.. says not to go over 120 degrees Fahrenheit on temp. Let me know if that works for you. Also are you using the pressure lid? Cheers! 🍻
Short Circuited Brewers yes I'm using the pressure lid. My first attempt wasn't quite successful. I think I had the lid cranked on too tight. And the O-ring blew out I wasn't using a spending valve at that point. I was able to put the lid back on and everything works fine for the rest of the fermentation. I approve Ashley been using a fast ferment this product is much better.
Brad hambrick cool... I was kind of interested in the fast-ferment until these came along.. Now they just need to make a 14 gallon model! Lol 🍻
can you bottle with that unit ???
Sure can! Either from the bottom with a bottling wand or force carb it and use the pressure kit with a counter pressure filler. Cheers! 👍🍻
great video, can wait to see how fermenting under pressure can change the flavor of beer. cheers
ColoradoFlyFisherMan me too!! Trying to decide style and yeast to try first. Decisions.. Decisions.. Cheers! 🍻
Just got mine, anyone noticed a quicker fermentation?
I can't say it was faster, but it seamed cleaner with the pressure kit.
Thanks for the response. I reached final gravity in 7 days which seems faster than normal.
Scott Childs yeah mine was about that I guess. I did some dry hopping too, so it was in the fermenter for longer than initial fermentation.
Your videos are super high quality and deserve so many more views. Time to start clickbaiting! Lol jk
good review, but i"ll pass on the pvt
Thanks for the feedback.
From Carboy to Corny keg with 125g of Maple Sirop wait 2 weeks et Voila! Cheers
Christian Bureau nice!!
Wow, a couple of videos about a product, then silence. Thanks. Not
🤣🤣 they don't make them anymore.
@Short Circuited Brewers Again, not very informative. Not made anymore because they sucked? They broke? Went out of business? Bought out? Etc? What was YOUR final overall review of these that you were going to review and show us more about?
@@gbs7144 well I did 3 other videos on it. th-cam.com/video/jvQixiCJslI/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/wSbmkW3mrTA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/mODk7JZZInQ/w-d-xo.html
@@gbs7144 long story why they are not made anymore. Kegland and kegking are the companies that carry the "new versions" they work fine.
not impressed. very biased
Thanks for watching and commenting! 👍🍻
The Fermentasaurus is complete garbage.
You have one?
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers I had two. They are in my recycle bin right now. Tomorrow is pick up day
@@NorAlb_Chainsaw_Carver lol I hear you. I don't have mine anymore. There are better options now. 🍻🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Got 2 all rounders now. Doing one under pressure and another with a blow off and it's going well
@@NorAlb_Chainsaw_Carver yes! I have one of those and I think they are a great option.