On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 03:35:10PM +0000, Johnny Johansen wrote: > Jeg er ny her p? boardet og har et par begynder sp?rgsm?l, som jeg h?ber > der er nogen der kan hj?lpe mig med :)
Hello, and welcome! > 1. Jeg har anskaffet mig en g?ringstank, men jeg er i tvivl om den er for > stor, da jeg regner med kun at brygge 23l f?rste gang. Min t?nde som jeg > vil bruger er p? 60l, og s? er det lige at jeg vil h?re om det g?r noget at > der er s? meget frit luft over overfladen? No, it should not matter. Empty space over beer is pretty harmless. In a storage tank you might worry about oxidising the beer, but in a fermenter it is only good to give the beer access to some oxygen, the yeast needs it. Later, the fermentation produces CO2 in large enough quantities to push out any air there may be. > 2. Det bund flad der dannes i bunden af den 1. g?ringstank, hvor tykt er > det? Jeg er klar over at det afh?nger af arealet af bunden, men hvis man > tager udgangspunkt i en 25l g?ringstank/vinballon. Det er nemlig afg?rende > for hvor h?jt jeg vil pladsere min bundventil. Jeg vil nemlig gerne undg? > at skulle bruge en h?vert. The two siphons I have seen have both had a bottom "thing" that raises the intake some 15-20 mm over the bottom. This seems to be quite sufficient for most brews, although the amount of yeast sediment depends on the strength of the beer, of the yeast type, and a quadzillion of other factors. If you drill your hole too low, you can fix it by tilting the container a bit away from the hole, and waiting a few hours. Likewise, if the hole is not low enough, you can tilt the container towards the hole. This is easier to do when the container is almost empty. I would put the hole as far down as I could, avoiding the curved area where the bottom meets the sides - it will be hard to get it tightened on such curvy surface. This will probably give you enough bottom space. > 3. Vil det v?re en d?rlig ide at pladsere et nylon posefilter i bund af 2. > g?ringstank n?r jeg stikker over til at tager de evt. urenheder der m?tte > kommer med over. I do not see much need for filtering at all. If I would do it, I would do it after the 2nd fermentation, but not inside the container, as that is where the yeast settles down. If you really want your beer to be clear, use some Irish Moss or other clarification agent, and wait a few more weeks for the solids to settle... If you filter, no mater where in the process, remember to be exceptionally sure that your filter is clean and sanitized, so you do not infect your beer in the process! Good luck with your project, and let us know how it turns out. -H -- Heikki Levanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In Murphy We Turst"
