Hi Everybody! Curious amongst those of you pressurizing your conical fermenters, your experiences with the lids either slowly leaking pressure or holding firm amongst the various manufacturers out there. A lot of companies say that they're pressurizable to around 4-5 PSI for keg transfers, but I'm in the market for something that's able to hold a few PSI indefinitely for when I'm crashing or otherwise dropping temperature over a few days.
I got in touch with MoreBeer regarding their conical, and surprisingly the rep said they can only be pressurized during transfers and will otherwise slowly leak CO2 through the lid gasket. I got a similar response from SS Brew Tech when asking about the Chronical. It seems from reading that some people are having better luck holding pressure with the band-clamp style lids (MoreBeer, Blichmann) as opposed to the spring clip lids (Chronical) or the flat-top push down type like the Stout Tank models. Glacier Tanks say they're pressurizable to 14.7 PSI which is great, but the smallest fermenter that seem to make is 1 BBL. I'm looking more along the lines of a 7.5 gal, 14 gal only if it makes sense.
I'd love to hear any first-hand accounts of lid gasket designs and how well they are able to hold a few PSI long-term. Maybe there are some manufacturers I am overlooking? Thanks in advance!!
I got in touch with MoreBeer regarding their conical, and surprisingly the rep said they can only be pressurized during transfers and will otherwise slowly leak CO2 through the lid gasket. I got a similar response from SS Brew Tech when asking about the Chronical. It seems from reading that some people are having better luck holding pressure with the band-clamp style lids (MoreBeer, Blichmann) as opposed to the spring clip lids (Chronical) or the flat-top push down type like the Stout Tank models. Glacier Tanks say they're pressurizable to 14.7 PSI which is great, but the smallest fermenter that seem to make is 1 BBL. I'm looking more along the lines of a 7.5 gal, 14 gal only if it makes sense.
I'd love to hear any first-hand accounts of lid gasket designs and how well they are able to hold a few PSI long-term. Maybe there are some manufacturers I am overlooking? Thanks in advance!!