The inspiration for this goes to CSI's Westvleteren 12 thread and the explosive fermentation I had. I had 5.5 gallons in a 14 gallon conical and the krausen climbed all that head space and went into the blowoff jar.
There was a half inch of yeast in the blowoff jar after high krausen. In his thread CSI showed a lab version, and a stainless version of a krausen capture setup. It always seemed a shame that I couldn't use yeast that had been expelled from the blowoff tube.
The device is 16 gauge stainless plate welded to 5/8" OD, 1/2" ID stainless tubing. I ordered Eco Jarz stainless large mouth bands, silicone gaskets, and lids. At first I tried to use the eco jarz lids but they distorted when I tried to punch or drill a hole in them. They are very thin and I probably would have blown right through them with the welder.
So my theory is that the 1/2" ID silicone blowoff tube will hook up the long dip tube. The yeast will be deposited into the bottom of a sanitized 1/2 gallon mason jar. The C02 will go out the port that's flush with the lid and into a jar of sanitizer. I haven't tried this out yet but I will post pictures when I do.
I also welded up a 1.5" triclover ferule to a mason jar lid to attach to the cone dump valve of the conical. The thought is to let trub settle out after transfer, close the valve and remove the trub.
There was a half inch of yeast in the blowoff jar after high krausen. In his thread CSI showed a lab version, and a stainless version of a krausen capture setup. It always seemed a shame that I couldn't use yeast that had been expelled from the blowoff tube.
The device is 16 gauge stainless plate welded to 5/8" OD, 1/2" ID stainless tubing. I ordered Eco Jarz stainless large mouth bands, silicone gaskets, and lids. At first I tried to use the eco jarz lids but they distorted when I tried to punch or drill a hole in them. They are very thin and I probably would have blown right through them with the welder.
So my theory is that the 1/2" ID silicone blowoff tube will hook up the long dip tube. The yeast will be deposited into the bottom of a sanitized 1/2 gallon mason jar. The C02 will go out the port that's flush with the lid and into a jar of sanitizer. I haven't tried this out yet but I will post pictures when I do.
I also welded up a 1.5" triclover ferule to a mason jar lid to attach to the cone dump valve of the conical. The thought is to let trub settle out after transfer, close the valve and remove the trub.