Hi all,
I was wondering if any brewers out there are using both cylindroconicals and dish bottom fermenters for primary fermentation in the same brewery? I currently have three 7bbl cylindroconicals, but have an opportunity to add some dish bottom fermenters for a reasonable price. There are a couple of issues that I can think of with using both...
1) I imagine yeast harvesting will be a pain using dish bottoms
2) Will I see increased fermentation times in the dish bottoms (due to decreased beer movement inside the fermenter)?
3) Will I see a decrease in ester production in the dish bottoms?
I'm trying to envision a way to make this work as this opportunity may be my last/best chance to talk my owner into investing in some more fermenters. I should say I'm producing mostly ales (occasionally a lager) and that the dish bottom tanks are 10bbl as opposed to my 7bbl unitanks.
I suppose I could use them as secondary/maturation tanks by brewing into my 7bbl unitank and then racking into the 10 bbl dish bottoms, but I'm worried about an increase in beer loss. I've also thought about brewing certain beers into the unitanks and others into the dish bottoms, but that seems like a big headache waiting to happen...
Any body have any thoughts on this? Is anyone in a similar situation or operating a setup with differently shaped tanks in the same brewery?
thanks.
I was wondering if any brewers out there are using both cylindroconicals and dish bottom fermenters for primary fermentation in the same brewery? I currently have three 7bbl cylindroconicals, but have an opportunity to add some dish bottom fermenters for a reasonable price. There are a couple of issues that I can think of with using both...
1) I imagine yeast harvesting will be a pain using dish bottoms
2) Will I see increased fermentation times in the dish bottoms (due to decreased beer movement inside the fermenter)?
3) Will I see a decrease in ester production in the dish bottoms?
I'm trying to envision a way to make this work as this opportunity may be my last/best chance to talk my owner into investing in some more fermenters. I should say I'm producing mostly ales (occasionally a lager) and that the dish bottom tanks are 10bbl as opposed to my 7bbl unitanks.
I suppose I could use them as secondary/maturation tanks by brewing into my 7bbl unitank and then racking into the 10 bbl dish bottoms, but I'm worried about an increase in beer loss. I've also thought about brewing certain beers into the unitanks and others into the dish bottoms, but that seems like a big headache waiting to happen...
Any body have any thoughts on this? Is anyone in a similar situation or operating a setup with differently shaped tanks in the same brewery?
thanks.
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