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    Hello everyone, l'm in the process of setting up our brewery and got a deal on these 2 pressurized 10bbl tanks. I was going to use them as fermenter's but was wondering if I can turn them into uni-tanks or one FV and one BBT. Here's the thing though. They're not jacketed, I was going to use a large internal stainless coil to control temp and insulate the outside. They have racking ports, and I'll add a PRV to one of the TC connections but they have a very shallow cone, like 15 deg. They're like 4' diameter with a little over 3' side wall. If I can in fact drop all the yeast out of the shallow cone (which I'm skeptical) could I just add a carbstone to one of the racking ports and use it as a unitank. If not I could use one as a dedicated brite tank. My main questions are, are the dimensions of these tanks prohibitive to properly carbing beer evenly, and will my interior stainless coil control my temp to evenly carb beer. My theory was, if I can properly insulate these tanks, what's the difference of cooling internally vs externally via jacket? But I still don't know if the dimensions favor a brite tank set up. I currently have a 5bbl jacketed brite but I was hoping to get some more capacity with these two tanks on a budget. Am I crazy to try this? Any help would be great! Thanks to everyone who contributes to this website, it has been a life saver!

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    Can you put them in a cold room - walk in cooler. Would work better.
    Todd G Hicks
    BeerDenizen Brewing Services

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    • #3
      Hey Todd, unfortunately that's not an option at the moment. I was thinking about carbing and I guess some people do use the horizontal lagering tanks as brite tanks so maybe the geometry may not be that big of an issue. I guess there is more surface area on a jacketed tank than an large internal coil so that definitely might make a difference. I'm pretty sure I can maintain a constant temp but worry about some stratification in there. Thanks for the response!

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