Nino wrote:100 watt aquarium heaters are under $30 (even cheaper on EBay) which are about half the price of a heat pad. As for sterilizing them use Star san in a spray bottle once you have washed them. Pop them in and use glad wrap over the mouth of the fermenter held in place with rubber bands.
This is how I do all my washes and have not had a problem yet.
The amount of CO2 that the yeast gives off will kill any nasties that try to get in to the fermenter. CO2 is heavier than air so it will sit on top of your wash.
Bundaboy wrote:Nino wrote:100 watt aquarium heaters are under $30 (even cheaper on EBay) which are about half the price of a heat pad. As for sterilizing them use Star san in a spray bottle once you have washed them. Pop them in and use glad wrap over the mouth of the fermenter held in place with rubber bands.
This is how I do all my washes and have not had a problem yet.
The amount of CO2 that the yeast gives off will kill any nasties that try to get in to the fermenter. CO2 is heavier than air so it will sit on top of your wash.
something like this?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2X-Aquarium- ... 2548.l4275
Nino wrote:Yep they are the ones 2 for $22 is pretty good price. You still need insulate the fermenters so that they don't run all the time. The 100 watt ones will do. They are also good for 60lt washes as well, you may want to invest in a couple of 60lt fermenters down the track. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
bender wrote:Hi guys,
Just quick one and i know it would been asked (cant see it) But what is the yield? and how much % ?
So like with TPW out of a T500 im getting approx 2.5-3 L at 93%? Whats the average results on this wash?
Thanks in advance !
Bender
scythe wrote:Also better to age at a lower ABV than azeo.
65% is a good start.
Bundaboy wrote:In my last run of 66L FFV thought I was getting less hearts than I should be with a very long tail and this time I was extra careful to take small cuts, aired for 2 days, then did a blind test with a neighbour, and yeah I seem to get only only about 2 litres of (obvious) hearts out of 7 litres @94% - so only about 30% - I think I could stretch that to 40% with filtering ( used to filter everything but of late I have allowed some significant clearing time - so I can't compare apples with apples).
This was with 2 stripping runs (33L & 33L) with no packing in my MacBoka and a spirit run with full copper packing. I allowed 45 minutes of full reflux, threw away 250-300 mL of fores and collected in 250 mL jars (1 litre for hearts).
I do smell and taste test when I think I am getting into hearts.
I also think I am getting better at detecting tails than I used to be so I can't be totally sure this run was worse than previous runs.
Any thoughts on whether that is a significantly low yield?
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