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Giant fermenter

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:09 pm
by Jayme

Re: Giant fermenter

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:34 pm
by homebrewcrew
Anyone else want to go in on this tank and do split batches?

Re: Giant fermenter

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:03 pm
by LiverDance
Cut it in half and you've got a kettle and a mash tun :mebeer:

Re: Giant fermenter

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:13 pm
by Jayme
LiverDance wrote:Cut it in half and you've got a kettle and a mash tun :mebeer:
Hmm... and then I would only need 500 carboys to ferment the beer in!

Re: Giant fermenter

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:43 am
by derek
Jayme wrote:
LiverDance wrote:Cut it in half and you've got a kettle and a mash tun :mebeer:
Hmm... and then I would only need 500 carboys to ferment the beer in!
No, you get a lid made for one half, and a really big bag; then you use one half as a brew-in-a-bag mash tun/boil kettle and the other half as a fermenter. Of course, you need a crane to remove the grain bag.

Re: Giant fermenter

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:08 am
by LiverDance
derek wrote:
Jayme wrote:
LiverDance wrote:Cut it in half and you've got a kettle and a mash tun :mebeer:
Hmm... and then I would only need 500 carboys to ferment the beer in!
No, you get a lid made for one half, and a really big bag; then you use one half as a brew-in-a-bag mash tun/boil kettle and the other half as a fermenter. Of course, you need a crane to remove the grain bag.

:lol: I wanna see Jimmy explain making that bag to the mrs! :spilly: