Looking for a creative solution:
I've got 8 bbls souring in an 330 gal IBC tote. Haven't decided on packaging yet, but it's either going to get put into bombers or I'm going to try and feed it into a fermenter to carb and keg later. The issue of trying to get to the fermenter is that I don't currently have a set up to put head pressure on the tote, and I'm not sure that's greatest idea since they're plastic and not meant for that kind of thing. My initial thought was to outfit the tote with a quick disconnect on top so I could push at a very low pressure (<5 psi) and keep the fermenter pressure equal so I can get a full purge and keep that pressure constant by venting. The other option, would be to jack the tote up with a fork truck and gravity feed into the fermenter, then bubble through with CO2 post-transfer to scrub out any O2, but I wouldn't be able to keep pressure in the tank during the transfer, not ideal.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this, or has ideas that might prove viable. I don't want to be picking up O2 in the transfer, and I don't want to explode the tote.
I've got 8 bbls souring in an 330 gal IBC tote. Haven't decided on packaging yet, but it's either going to get put into bombers or I'm going to try and feed it into a fermenter to carb and keg later. The issue of trying to get to the fermenter is that I don't currently have a set up to put head pressure on the tote, and I'm not sure that's greatest idea since they're plastic and not meant for that kind of thing. My initial thought was to outfit the tote with a quick disconnect on top so I could push at a very low pressure (<5 psi) and keep the fermenter pressure equal so I can get a full purge and keep that pressure constant by venting. The other option, would be to jack the tote up with a fork truck and gravity feed into the fermenter, then bubble through with CO2 post-transfer to scrub out any O2, but I wouldn't be able to keep pressure in the tank during the transfer, not ideal.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this, or has ideas that might prove viable. I don't want to be picking up O2 in the transfer, and I don't want to explode the tote.
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