I can do that for you as a Custom build. Shoot me a PM with exactly what you want. I'll quote it for you.Jaybird,
Any thoughts on building this on a smaller scale? Maybe a 16oz mason jar design with a NPT fitting instead of TC? I was thinking about adapting this for use with my stainless steel bucket fermenter. My plan was to use it for dry hopping rather than yeast harvesting.
and how about the bigger scale?any progress on those larger volume sight glasses?
I will be able to confirm the OZ of the 3" when they get here. The 3" Sight glass option will be available with both 2" and 1.5" Tri Clover connections. The 3" is ONLY the connection to the sight glass.awesome, thanks Jaybird. And to confirm, the 3" sight glass you refer to is a 3" TC connection and requires an adapter for use on 2" or 1.5"? can you clarify the internal fl oz measurement between each sight glass option?
Do you have a price on this set up?View attachment 619181 1.5 " converted to 2"
Only way we can do it. If I add the 2" connection the canning jars ring will simply not go on.
Cheers
Jay
Do you have a price on this set up?
I do not own the yeast brink nor do I own a conical - HOWEVER I do own a Jaybird modded Speidel fermentor and the yeast harvester this yeast brink is based off of. I asked a question earlier in the thread about using these to mimic the yeast brink advertised here (dry hopping specifically)- it worked! Here is a couple of pics of the setup.
I did some test batches first - 9-10oz is MAX amount hop pellets in the HALF GALLON jar. Any more and it is just sludge that will not move.
Adding beer to dryhop. Before doing this, I purged the jar with nitro and CO2, let it set for a few minutes - then purged again then tightened the TC clamp. This jar had 7.5oz hops and took about 40secs to push it all back into fermentor. When the flow slowed it was because the sludge started compacted the barb, I would just shake it a little and it would flow back in.
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Now I can LODO dry hop my hazy IPAs then cold crash in my psuedo unitank and only transfer “clear” beer into kegs. Thanks @Jaybird !!!
Do you ferment in the Speidel under pressure?
I do not own the yeast brink nor do I own a conical - HOWEVER I do own a Jaybird modded Speidel fermentor and the yeast harvester this yeast brink is based off of. I asked a question earlier in the thread about using these to mimic the yeast brink advertised here (dry hopping specifically)- it worked! Here is a couple of pics of the setup.
I did some test batches first - 9-10oz is MAX amount hop pellets in the HALF GALLON jar. Any more and it is just sludge that will not move.
Adding beer to dryhop. Before doing this, I purged the jar with nitro and CO2, let it set for a few minutes - then purged again then tightened the TC clamp. This jar had 7.5oz hops and took about 40secs to push it all back into fermentor. When the flow slowed it was because the sludge started compacted the barb, I would just shake it a little and it would flow back in.
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Now I can LODO dry hop my hazy IPAs then cold crash in my psuedo unitank and only transfer “clear” beer into kegs. Thanks @Jaybird !!!
No @alibremo sorry. That is just a regular ball lock. You gotta have a big bore to push the sludge through. Preferably a 1.5" TC or at the very least a 0.5" ball ball valve (ball valves are not good idea on cold side but can work if good with sanitation.Could I somehow do this dry hop process through the top of the BrewZilla All Rounder fermentor with the pressure kit? What components would I need to buy to do it?
@CodeSection, that's given me an idea. I'm working on a double dry hopped IPA and this morning, I ended up dumping most of the first dry hop through the dump valve so I could then collect (liquid) beer in my yeast brink for the second dry hop. I think next time I'll take the jar (with the 2nd. dry hop pellets) and connect it to the racking port to avoid dumping the first dry hops that have settled at the dump valve, wait for the pellets to break down, and send it back in so the first dry hop can remain in the conical. My one concern is if the hop mush will be able to flow in through the angled racking arm without clogging up.
Yes, that's how I injected the first dry hop. Injecting the second dry hop using the dump valve was the issue. If you don't dump the first dry hop in advance, the thick slurry will end up in the yeast brink and present difficulties in dissolving the new hops in the brink. Next time I'm going to inject the second dry hop through the racking arm. I'm hoping that, given adequate time for the beer to breakdown the pellets combined with a few pounds of co2 pressure, the hops will be driven up through the racking arm and the first dry hop can remain undisturbed at the bottom of the conical. On a side note, I do like the tip described in post #26 on purging the o2 from the yeast brink. Keeping o2 from the finished beer really makes you think at times.For hops injection, I was planning on using the dump valve after dumping the yeast/trub. Like you, without reading of experiences from others, I would be concerned injecting hops mush through the racking arm. I guess you could do a little at a time. But that could take forever if your adding a few ounces to a 10 gallon batch.
Please let us know if you try it and if it works.
...On a side note, I do like the tip described in post #26 on purging the o2 from the yeast brink. Keeping o2 from the finished beer really makes you think at times.
@Jaybird, your 3" Sight Glass Yeast Brink worked perfectly yesterday when I used it to inject spice into my Pocahontas Pumpkin Ale! As can be seen in the pictures below, the 45 degree elbow and the 2" to 1.5" TC adapter worked great when I attached everything to my Spike CF10 racking arm.
This yeast brink is perfect for my needs. I plan on using it to inject spices and hops into the fermenter as it is a great way to avoid opening the fermenter up and exposing the wort/beer to O2.
For my current batch that finished fermenting, I mixed McCormick's Pumpkin Spice with sterilized RO water. Then I filled the sight glass full of beer before injecting it back into the fermenter. After that, I repeatedly filled and injected back into the fermenter four more times to insure there was an adequate mix.
The pictures below show how it looked before I filled it with beer the first time.
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Question on this as I'm about to use mine for the first time, on a dry hopped beer. I'm assuming people are keeping the dump valve closed until you are ready to dump yeast, dumping, cleaning and sanitizing, then injecting the dry hop?
I've always used a sight glass so I've had an idea what the yeast were doing but can't fit the sight glass above the valve with this setup so I'll be going "blind".
Thanks! I'm planning to harvest this yeast as well so I'll be dumping into the brink but otherwise sounds like that's a solid process for me to go by.
I have the canning jar version
The Yeast Brink is really designed for injecting. The Yeast Harvester is designed and better suited for harvesting. The tube in the yeast brink is the difference and is the issue.
I had a good conversation with Jay before buying his 3" Sight Glass Yeast Brink and he confirmed the above. The reason why I had asked Jay about this was I read a few postings (one from @Jtvann ~ I believe he posted he sold his yeast brink because of not being able to harvest the yeast effectively with it) about the difficulty of using the yeast brink for harvesting yeast.
Good luck and post how it went.
OK, got down to close to FG last night and didn't have a ton of time to mess with things so I went ahead and dumped yeast/trub into an open jar through a TC to hose fitting just to offer some restriction. It was just WLP001 so its not like its hard to get or anything. That didn't seem like a terrible way to dump so I may try harvesting yeast that way before buying anything else. It definitely would not work though if the yeast cake gets compacted before doing it.
I added the dry hop to the brink and did a few cycles of soak/push. This morning I see that from the leftover liquid that can't be pushed out of the brink its separated into half creamy yeast half beer. Since this is what was still actively working in the beer, not what was sitting on the bottom during the first dump, I wonder if this is enough to grow into a full starter?
Hey guys! So glad to see you all using and playing around with the brinks. I have had a HUGE request for a 4" sight glass version. You will not believe the capabilities of what we can add to that 4" cap! Crazy! We will be getting this up on the sight in a few days. the 4" sight is like 45+ ounces! Amazing! I will be doing a 2" and 3" to 4" SG adapter so for those of you that have the 2" and 3" version and want to go to the 4" We will be able to get you there.
Cheers
Jay
Hey guys! So glad to see you all using and playing around with the brinks. I have had a HUGE request for a 4" sight glass version. You will not believe the capabilities of what we can add to that 4" cap! Crazy! We will be getting this up on the sight in a few days. the 4" sight is like 45+ ounces! Amazing! I will be doing a 2" and 3" to 4" SG adapter so for those of you that have the 2" and 3" version and want to go to the 4" We will be able to get you there.
Cheers
Jay
I too have one of your Yeast Brinks that I use for dry hopping with my Spike conical... Love it. I have the quart size brink and when I do a large dry hop, I attach a short piece of 1-1/2" ID tubing to the downtube to reach the bottom of a 1/2 gallon jar. I do have one question though. How would you suggest I purge the air space between the top of the brinks exit tube, the 1-1/2" to 2" converter and the bottom of my 2" butterfly dump valve on the conical? Till now, I've been injecting co2 with the 2" TC clamp loose enough to allow for the o2 to escape before tightening and proceeding with the dry hop but I'm concerned that the space I describe above is holding o2 even after the purge as the o2 is lighter than the co2. If I open the dump valve and fill up the brink until beer flows out of the gas post, would the physics be such that the entire space from the butterfly valve down would flood completely, leaving no air/co2 space remaining or would that space remain "unflooded"?Hey guys! So glad to see you all using and playing around with the brinks. I have had a HUGE request for a 4" sight glass version. You will not believe the capabilities of what we can add to that 4" cap! Crazy! We will be getting this up on the sight in a few days. the 4" sight is like 45+ ounces! Amazing! I will be doing a 2" and 3" to 4" SG adapter so for those of you that have the 2" and 3" version and want to go to the 4" We will be able to get you there.
Cheers
Jay
You got it.@Jaybird, as you know, I have been very happy with your Yeast Brink 2" TC x 3" sight glass along with the TC 2" to 1.5" reducer and TC 45 degree elbow. I use them on both the dump valve and racking valve depending if I'm injecting hops, spices or gelatin. Everything works great!
Could you list the potential hop volume that one could put in each sight glass (1.5", 2", 3" and now 4")? I'm sure others would want to know as well.
Thanks.
I too have one of your Yeast Brinks that I use for dry hopping with my Spike conical... Love it. I have the quart size brink and when I do a large dry hop, I attach a short piece of 1-1/2" ID tubing to the downtube to reach the bottom of a 1/2 gallon jar. I do have one question though. How would you suggest I purge the air space between the top of the brinks exit tube, the 1-1/2" to 2" converter and the bottom of my 2" butterfly dump valve on the conical? Till now, I've been injecting co2 with the 2" TC clamp loose enough to allow for the o2 to escape before tightening and proceeding with the dry hop but I'm concerned that the space I describe above is holding o2 even after the purge as the o2 is lighter than the co2. If I open the dump valve and fill up the brink until beer flows out of the gas post, would the physics be such that the entire space from the butterfly valve down would flood completely, leaving no air/co2 space remaining or would that space remain "unflooded"?
we do sell a lot of these for guys that do want to purge the system before adding beer to the hops.If you flood the entire volume of the brink with beer from your fermenter, it should be evacuated of air (gas discharge post connected, of course). There would be some beer-air contact while the liquid is displacing the air, but it would only be for the few seconds while the brink gets flooded.
You could also put your hops in the brink, connect the TC to your dump port, then purge with CO2 under pressure just before you flood the brink. That might be even more thorough. I usually fill the hops into the brink, do a few quick sprays of an aqueous NaMeta solution into the downcomer, attach the brink and then flood it. My hope is that the sulfite mist is sufficient to absorb any O2 in the brink before I flood it.
There's not much O2 in the brink in any of the above scenarios, but it doesn't take much O2 to impact your beer in a negative way. One idea I've been thinking about is pitching some active speise (maybe 5-10 ml) into the brink with the hops, then attach and flood it. Let the active yeast scavenge O2 for 15 minutes or so before injecting it into the fermenter.
I think this type of yeast oxygen scavenging might have some promise, but I'm sure I haven't thought through all the factors. There may be some biobiotransformation issues with some certain hops and/or yeast strains.
LoDO gurus....your thoughts?
Brooo Brother
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we do sell a lot of these for guys that do want to purge the system before adding beer to the hops.
https://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/Tri-Clover-2-Inch-Corny-Ball-Lock-Gas-Out.html
it gets installed in the bottom in place of the blank cap. We build the 1.5" 2" 3" and 4" TC
Cheers
Jay
Absolutely! You bet Broo Brother!Perfect. I've seen the TC/ball lock fitting many times but for some reason never thought about installing it on the bottom of the sight glass brink and use it to flush the hops. Duh... oxygenation problem pretty much eliminated. Thanks, Jay!
Brooo Brother
Probably the 3 or the 4 Just depends on what you plan to do with it exactly. If your going to dry hop and you do IPA's go big!I have a 1/2 BBL Unitank; what size would be recommended between the 2", 3" and 4" ?
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