Hey all,
we are in the process of converting a 600gal horizontal oval shaped dairy bulk tank into a lager tank for our flagship pilsner. the tank came with a 2"T.C. port on the very bottom of one of the flat ends and we are planning to install a racking arm directly above that for drawing off clear beer. my question is how to best harvest a pitch of yeast off of a tank like this? I am currently using converted 1/2bbl kegs (cellar kegs from GWKent) as yeast brinks which work great for our 15bbl conical f.v.s but I was hoping to get some tips about drawing the yeast off a flat bottomed vessel into a brink without just lifting one side with a forklift (sketch).
it has been suggested to leave the cake in the fv and k.o. fresh wort of the same beer onto it. but this seems like lazy brewing to me, especially because I intent to re pitch up to 8 or 9 times.
any experience with horizontal fvs would be appreciated.
cheers!
we are in the process of converting a 600gal horizontal oval shaped dairy bulk tank into a lager tank for our flagship pilsner. the tank came with a 2"T.C. port on the very bottom of one of the flat ends and we are planning to install a racking arm directly above that for drawing off clear beer. my question is how to best harvest a pitch of yeast off of a tank like this? I am currently using converted 1/2bbl kegs (cellar kegs from GWKent) as yeast brinks which work great for our 15bbl conical f.v.s but I was hoping to get some tips about drawing the yeast off a flat bottomed vessel into a brink without just lifting one side with a forklift (sketch).
it has been suggested to leave the cake in the fv and k.o. fresh wort of the same beer onto it. but this seems like lazy brewing to me, especially because I intent to re pitch up to 8 or 9 times.
any experience with horizontal fvs would be appreciated.
cheers!
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