Duncan83865
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Has anyone used the 15/16"blowoff hose kit that they sell as an option?
I think I'm about to pull the trigger on one of these. I wanted to use it for secondary on a stout I'm doing but the headspace will be 1.75 gallons in a 6.5 gallon BMB. I think that is too much but I worry the 5 gallon won't be used as much and for $73 with all the extras, that's a lot for something I won't use. I think the headspace would be a problem if I plan to let the beer sit on coco nibs for 7-10 days, right?
Really? That is a huge ass bummer then. Maybe it would be reserved for dry hopping in primary.Works great for a primary. I wouldn't secondary due to headspace and seals.
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Get a bunch of glass marbles to sanitize and place in the fermentor to raise the level of the beer to reduce head space. I would also them place them in a hops bag or something to keep them from rolling all over while inside.
Second time this week I've heard of the marbles. Guess it makes that much of a difference huh?
I used my 6.5G Big Mouth this past weekend. It is just as heavy as a regular 6.5G carboy but it does feel brittle. Stirring the wort to mix something in, the metal spoon clinked and clanked against the glass in a way that told me to be gentle. The glass is thinner without a doubt.
Roondy888 - your Amazon does not work.
Who makes these?
they have plastic ones...Love it. If it was plastic, I'd switch.
The nice thing with marbles is that they are glass and so really smooth, which makes them easy to keep clean and sanitized. Then you just add enough marbles in to raise the beers level up high enough to remove most of the head space.
I've heard of people using stainless steal bolts, nuts, and washers to achieve the same thing, but I would be a bit leery of all the nooks and crannies in those that the nasties could hide in.
I have fermented in the US Plastics 7 gal. buckets for 5 years (I use three of them). I bought all three buckets for $33 delivered, including a great lid that has a real neoprene 'O'-ring for seal. In that time, I have had no trouble of any kind, and that's with over 3 inches of headspace.
Once fermentation starts, a blanket of CO2 forms over the beer, effectively providing a better seal against infection or oxidation than was present when the lid / stopper was put on. Since CO2 is heavier than the surrounding air, it can even remain in place if the fermenter is opened an resealed.
I forgot to say-- I'd love to buy the smaller sizes. 5 or 8 liter would be perfect to do a 1 gallon batch primary in a nice clear jar (I mostly do wine). Big mouth bubbler only comes in 5 or 6.5 gallon sizes.
Looks like that will do the trick! I should really start pushing my beers that way.
I have the plastic BMB with a single port, but I am thinking about buying a dual port lid for it. That would make it easy to adapt.
I'm a fan of the glass bubbler, like I mentioned in an earlier post. My only issue is I love to do CO2 transfers from carboy to keg using those orange rubber caps with 2 flexible tubes.... I run 5 psi into the carboy through one tube and a racking cane in the other into my cornie it works wonderfully.
I have finally come up with a way to transfer from my glass BMB into a cornie and I thought I would share...
I took a #4 drilled stopper and drilled an additional tiny hole to fit a football pump needle. I heated a length of bev line and attached it to the threaded end of the needle. The other end I attach to my CO2 hose with a short piece of 1/2in. silicone tube.
The racking cane is in the center hole and attached to a liquid disconnect on my empty cornie with a 3 foot length of bev line.
I designed & 3D printed a threaded cap to hold the stopper to the lid of the BMB.... I attach the stopper and racking cane to the lid and screw on the cap.... attach the gas line using the football needle...
Then the only thing that needs to be done is to start the gas flow.... Voila!! Oxygen free transfers with a glass BMB!!!
I liked my bubbler fermentor, but the glass is very thin! I dropped mine from about 3 inches onto a carpet while moving the other day and it shattered.
that sucks! i think that something that is often lost in the glass versus plastic discussions is that quality of glass makes a BIG difference. i would be all over the glass BMB if there weren't so many reports of the quality being so low. i have very little interest the plastic BMB because for my purposes it is the same as a plastic bucket.I liked my bubbler fermentor, but the glass is very thin! I dropped mine from about 3 inches onto a carpet while moving the other day and it shattered.
I just moved and didn't want to move glass and take the weight so I sold it all in a garage sale with the notion to buy the PET BMB's but I keep seeing reviews on the order sites that people are having issues with seals... anyone on here have this issue? I mean, afterall, the idea is to seal it off and I dont want to risk it if its a known issues... Fixed? never an issue?
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