Thanks Vito for explaining this pressure process, terminology, parts involved, abbreviations, and especially the safety aspects to work on this practical/shiny equipment!
I am doing this now with Grafs in a regular corny keg with a keg land spunding valve and a Flotit from Home Brewer Lab. It is perfect for starting pressure fermentation and I can serve clear stuff with the double filtered floating dip tube. I just cold crash a little and let it rest for maybe a few days and it's basically already carbonated. I often add 30psi for a few days and it's crazy how easy it is.
In my experience, I have to leave the CO2 in until fermentation takes off. If you remove the CO2 in after bringing the wort up to pressure, won't that CO2 dissolve the wort and drop the pressure until active fermentation starts?
@vitodelucchi7347in this video you cover the spunding valve and gauge but the kit I purchased from brewbuilt also includes a large PRV as well. How does that work with this setup. Also, instead of a + setup like the pictures on the website, you utilized each component of the pressure kit on different ports. Will that work the same? Thanks
It allows you to dial in the exact pressure that the spunding valve releases. Usually your yeast take awhile to make co2. This allows you to set it before the yeast are producing and avoid over pressurization.
@@lordredbeard7791this is what I do, I don’t even chill anymore, it goes into corny keg straight from boil, takes a day or two to cool, during that time I use wort from the boil to make a starter. Pitch it when it’s down to temp and use a keg land spunding valve, when it’s done cold crash and serving from same vessel. I don’t keep beer around long enough to care about the trub, if you do care you can use another corny, use the co2 from Fermentation to purge the second keg and then just transfer over. No oxygen and no trub, glorious.
@@steve1144 yup. I they also make 6 gallon corny kegs specifically for fermenting, I don’t bother. Just ferment in a 5 gallon and get the 4-4.5 gallons from it.
I'm a little surprised not to see a 15 PSI safety PRV and blow-off pipe. Be careful with high kräusen and the spunding valve getting plugged. ⚠ I'd like to see the spunding valve with a safety PRV and analog pressure gauge (which BrewBuilt sells as their "Fermenting Under Pressure Kit") on one of the two 1.5" tri-clamp ports which are directly welded to the lid and a 4" tri-clamp hop drop (with a 4" tri-clamp butterfly valve) on the 4" tri-clamp port of the 8" tri-clamp adapter cap, rather than a tiny 1.5" tri-clamp hop bong. 👍
@vitodelucchi7347 You demonstrated the use of the X3 built-in pull ring valve in order to manually release pressure. I'm referring to the use of a safety PRV which automatically releases pressure when it exceeds the unitank maximum operating pressure (15 PSI in this case). BrewBuilt includes a 15 PSI safety PRV (along with their spunding valve and analog pressure gauge) as part of their "Fermenting Under Pressure Kit". As BrewBuilt points out in the product description, "On all brewery pro tanks, a tri-clamp (safety) PRV is always installed in addition to a Spunding Valve. This is because a Spunding Valve still has the potential to clog. The pro PRV has a very wide interior body as to reduce the risk of clogging. The PRV is non-adjustable and comes preset to relieve pressure at 15 PSI." Always use an automatic 15 PSI safety PRV in pressure fermenting the X3. Be safe. Cheers! 👍
Between the 1.5 spunding and keg style prv you should be fine. Clogging that spunding would take an enormous feat of krausen to begin with considering when you pressure ferment it also suppresses the level of krausen.
I am really looking forward to add this fermentor to my brewing gadgets!!! Thanks for the good content!
Thanks Vito for explaining this pressure process, terminology, parts involved, abbreviations, and especially the safety aspects to work on this practical/shiny equipment!
I am doing this now with Grafs in a regular corny keg with a keg land spunding valve and a Flotit from Home Brewer Lab. It is perfect for starting pressure fermentation and I can serve clear stuff with the double filtered floating dip tube. I just cold crash a little and let it rest for maybe a few days and it's basically already carbonated. I often add 30psi for a few days and it's crazy how easy it is.
Good review, covered all the basics. I do love pressure fermenting my lagers for a super crisp clean finish.
Thanks Vito, good information.
Pressure fermentation is my go to in the hot summer.
A corny keg is a quick and easy way to do this also. I just put it in the fridge after fermentation for conditioning and serving.
As always I’m happy to be here I’m learning more and more each video released and I look forward to the Friday streams and giveaway ❤
This was very helpful
Do you need to use gas before fermentation? Or can you set the dial to the pressure you want amd just let the gas from fermentation ?
Frigging gorgeous kit Vito. I'm jealous 😢
Great job.
In my experience, I have to leave the CO2 in until fermentation takes off. If you remove the CO2 in after bringing the wort up to pressure, won't that CO2 dissolve the wort and drop the pressure until active fermentation starts?
I use pressure at room temp. What would happen if you used pressure at lager or pilsner temps, say 50 degrees.
@vitodelucchi7347 Thanks for the info, just what I needed to know.
The pressure is on🎉!!😅
thanks, much better
Love it keep it up
Sweet
Whats the reasoning to bring it up to 5 PSI in your example? Why not just let it come up on it's own, and save some gas while your at it.
@vitodelucchi7347in this video you cover the spunding valve and gauge but the kit I purchased from brewbuilt also includes a large PRV as well. How does that work with this setup. Also, instead of a + setup like the pictures on the website, you utilized each component of the pressure kit on different ports. Will that work the same? Thanks
I should add that I have the x3 as well
It allows you to dial in the exact pressure that the spunding valve releases. Usually your yeast take awhile to make co2. This allows you to set it before the yeast are producing and avoid over pressurization.
While I truly appreciate this video, is there a way you could show us, less well off home brewers, how to do it on a sub $500 setup?
Used corny keg, spunding valve, floating dip tube. Should cost roughly $100-$110 give or take.
@@lordredbeard7791 do you just get a little less volume of finished beer?
@@lordredbeard7791this is what I do, I don’t even chill anymore, it goes into corny keg straight from boil, takes a day or two to cool, during that time I use wort from the boil to make a starter. Pitch it when it’s down to temp and use a keg land spunding valve, when it’s done cold crash and serving from same vessel. I don’t keep beer around long enough to care about the trub, if you do care you can use another corny, use the co2 from Fermentation to purge the second keg and then just transfer over. No oxygen and no trub, glorious.
@@steve1144 yup. I they also make 6 gallon corny kegs specifically for fermenting, I don’t bother. Just ferment in a 5 gallon and get the 4-4.5 gallons from it.
Thank you @@lordredbeard7791
I'm a little surprised not to see a 15 PSI safety PRV and blow-off pipe. Be careful with high kräusen and the spunding valve getting plugged. ⚠
I'd like to see the spunding valve with a safety PRV and analog pressure gauge (which BrewBuilt sells as their "Fermenting Under Pressure Kit") on one of the two 1.5" tri-clamp ports which are directly welded to the lid and a 4" tri-clamp hop drop (with a 4" tri-clamp butterfly valve) on the 4" tri-clamp port of the 8" tri-clamp adapter cap, rather than a tiny 1.5" tri-clamp hop bong. 👍
@vitodelucchi7347 You demonstrated the use of the X3 built-in pull ring valve in order to manually release pressure. I'm referring to the use of a safety PRV which automatically releases pressure when it exceeds the unitank maximum operating pressure (15 PSI in this case).
BrewBuilt includes a 15 PSI safety PRV (along with their spunding valve and analog pressure gauge) as part of their "Fermenting Under Pressure Kit". As BrewBuilt points out in the product description, "On all brewery pro tanks, a tri-clamp (safety) PRV is always installed in addition to a Spunding Valve. This is because a Spunding Valve still has the potential to clog. The pro PRV has a very wide interior body as to reduce the risk of clogging. The PRV is non-adjustable and comes preset to relieve pressure at 15 PSI."
Always use an automatic 15 PSI safety PRV in pressure fermenting the X3. Be safe. Cheers! 👍
Between the 1.5 spunding and keg style prv you should be fine. Clogging that spunding would take an enormous feat of krausen to begin with considering when you pressure ferment it also suppresses the level of krausen.
@@scotttower956 I'd be more comfortable if @vitodelucchi7347 had incorporated the blow-off pipe included with the X3.
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