Splitting a batch
#1
Posted 08 December 2014 - 02:07 PM
#2
Posted 08 December 2014 - 02:14 PM
Edited by BlKtRe, 08 December 2014 - 02:15 PM.
#3
Posted 08 December 2014 - 02:22 PM
#4
Posted 09 December 2014 - 01:39 PM
Do you have a growler? Because you could always put the extra in there, slap on a bung and airlock.
I use plastic buckets, and routinely fill them with 5.5 and sometime 6. Will use a blowoff tube instead of an airlock. Whatever doesn't fit in the keg will go into growlers with priming sugar.
Just an option.
#5
Posted 09 December 2014 - 02:12 PM
I've been splitting German wheat beers into 2 fermenters. Too much blow off on a hefe.
#6
Posted 09 December 2014 - 02:25 PM
#7
Posted 09 December 2014 - 02:36 PM
I thought carbonating in a growler was a no no. No?
#8
Posted 09 December 2014 - 02:41 PM
#9
Posted 10 December 2014 - 09:05 AM
I've carbonated in a growler to no ill effect. In fact, I was working with a Hefe a couple of years ago and timed the fermentation and kegged it at about 1.015. I had a little over half a gallon extra and put that in the growler. I let the growler go a few weeks longer than the keg (which was a quickie brew for a party) and the Hefe was probably the best beer I've ever made.
#10
Posted 10 December 2014 - 09:15 AM
#11
Posted 10 December 2014 - 09:40 AM
My growlers are not flip top, but are screw caps. LHBS has replacement caps that work quite well. I really don't see how it is any different than bottling, but maybe I've been lucky. I've never had a bottle or growler explode. The only major catastrophes that I've had have been during the fermentation process.
#12
Posted 10 December 2014 - 09:48 AM
#13
Posted 10 December 2014 - 09:51 AM
I can imagine. Not much room for blow off. No room.
I've never used a growler for fermentation, but I've seen kits that do. No, my major catastrophes have actually been around wheat beers in plastic fermenters. I like to max out my fermenter, but then forget how vigorous they can be. And let's not forget my failed use of plums.
Ok... enough of that. Let's keep this thread on the tracks. I think you have some viable options. You just need to get a bung that would fit a growler if you went that route.
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