Hi everyone. Looking to get some information on recirculating a tank while packaging?
We're brewing a seltzer with just about 25% fruit puree added in after fermentation. In talking with the people at Aseptic Fruit Purees, their recommendation, to avoid any settling issues, was to recirculate the tank while canning everything up.
Have never done this before. I overthink things sometimes and get in my head and make it hard to see clearly past obstacles sometimes, so looking for anyone who's done this before.
- Do you need a special kind of pump or will the typical brewing pumps work?
- Obviously sanitation is important, I'm not SUPER worried about that, as that's pretty easy to control.
- The canning line is going to hook up directly to the racking port on the tank, so that's not an option for recirculation use. Perhaps instead of attaching a sample valve directly to the tank, attach a 3rd butterfly valve to the body of the tank and use that as the recirculation port? Can have a sample valve attached to that butterfly valve during fermentation for gravity checks, but then could close the valve, pull the sample valve and use the valve to recirc?
- At this point of packaging, it’ll be carbonated, how do you not end up with a foamy mess? I can use beer line for a keg and make sure it’s long enough but will the pump itself cause foaming? I would think so…?
- As long as there’s positive pressure in the tank, I can’t imagine there’s any risk is collapsing the tank, right?
If anyone has any tips, let me know. Appreciate any help in advance!
Thanks.
We're brewing a seltzer with just about 25% fruit puree added in after fermentation. In talking with the people at Aseptic Fruit Purees, their recommendation, to avoid any settling issues, was to recirculate the tank while canning everything up.
Have never done this before. I overthink things sometimes and get in my head and make it hard to see clearly past obstacles sometimes, so looking for anyone who's done this before.
- Do you need a special kind of pump or will the typical brewing pumps work?
- Obviously sanitation is important, I'm not SUPER worried about that, as that's pretty easy to control.
- The canning line is going to hook up directly to the racking port on the tank, so that's not an option for recirculation use. Perhaps instead of attaching a sample valve directly to the tank, attach a 3rd butterfly valve to the body of the tank and use that as the recirculation port? Can have a sample valve attached to that butterfly valve during fermentation for gravity checks, but then could close the valve, pull the sample valve and use the valve to recirc?
- At this point of packaging, it’ll be carbonated, how do you not end up with a foamy mess? I can use beer line for a keg and make sure it’s long enough but will the pump itself cause foaming? I would think so…?
- As long as there’s positive pressure in the tank, I can’t imagine there’s any risk is collapsing the tank, right?
If anyone has any tips, let me know. Appreciate any help in advance!
Thanks.