Best Practices for Carbbing in FV?

[bb23]

Can anyone point to papers, etc with some best practices for force carbing in a fermentation vessel?

I’m guessing our best bet would be to push the CO2 while racking into a brite tank, but I’m wanting to push gas right into the FV since we don’t have any brite tanks.

Would some kind of re-circulation across the carb stone be an option maybe?

Any links, papers, or ideas is greatly appreciated.

[SMiller]

All of our tanks are unitanks. Whichever tank is empty becomes our "brite" and we transfer 32* beer into it with the carb stone installed. Tank is typically carbed in under 12 hours. No recirculation necessary.

[wailingguitar]

I have all of my FVs fitted with carb stones. Typically takes about a shift to carb them slowish... but if I am really pushed, I can vent the tank and push it hard and get it done in a few hours.

[bb23]

I have all of my FVs fitted with carb stones. Typically takes about a shift to carb them slowish... but if I am really pushed, I can vent the tank and push it hard and get it done in a few hours.

Can you describe this to me like I'm 5 and have not done this before? Cuz I haven't'. I understand dropping the temp as low as possible, and having the stone in the tank, but should I be pushing 14 psi or higher than my target?

If there's anywhere I can look to get this kind of rudimentary info I would love to know where that is.

[scotts]

This is the thread you're looking for:

http://discussions.probrewer.com/showthread.php?24886-CO2-use-for-carbonating-10bbl-to-2-volumes&p=79368#post79368

[bb23]

This is the thread you're looking for:

http://discussions.probrewer.com/sho...9368#post79368

Awesome, thanks Scotts!