CONICAL FERMENTERS
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
Cleaning and Care
- DO NOT USE BLEACH OR CHLORINATED CHEMICALS!
- Cleaning and First Time Use
- Removing stains, cleaning krausen deposits, cleaning manufacturing residues before first use, and removing white powdery deposits
- Can I use phosphate free TSP(trisodium phosphate) for cleaning?
- Proper cleaning of 1/2", 3/4" ball valves before first use!
- There is this stubborn scaly stuff that won't come off the sidewalls of my fermenter.
Sanitary Practices
Transfers
- How do I do pressurized transfers out of a Chronical fermenter?
- How do I avoid sucking in sanitizer from airlock or blow off when racking or transferring?
- Can I bottle directly from my Chronical?
- How much beer left after racking from a 7 gal, a 14 gal, a Half bbl ?
- I accidentally pushed way too much pressure at my Chronical and I blew a few lid clamps! Now what?
- Trying to push or transfer beer to keg or secondary higher than your Chronical?
Kegging
- How do I keg from a Chronical fermenter?
- What basic fittings do I need to perform a pressurized transfer to a Keg?
- Can I keg directly from my Chronical into my sealed keg's quick disconnect fitting?
- Why does my beer stop half way through my transfer to keg?
- Can you carbonate directly in your Chronical fermenters?
Yeast Harvesting
- I am having trouble dumping yeast from my Chronical fermenter
- I was dumping yeast I had big volcanic eruption through my blow off, what happened?
- Do I harvest yeast from the racking valve or dump valve?
- Can I add a sight glass for dumping yeast?
- Can I use the pressurized transfer fitting you sell for blow-off?
Dumping Trub
Batch Sizing
- Unitank Cooling Coil Minimum Batch Sizes
- Why should I get a 14 gal versus a 1/2bbl tank? Aren't they almost the same size?
- Where do the gallon markings begin on my Chronical?
- What gallon level are the thermowells at in your Chronical fermenters?
- Can I do 5 gallon batches in the 14 Gallon Chronical?
- Can I do 10 Gallon batches in my Half Barrel fermenter?
Cold Side
- How do I prevent sanitizer from getting sucked back into my Chronical during cold crashing?
- What is the best way to aerate the wort in my Chronical?
- How do I rotate the racking valve on my Chronical?
- What is best way to transfer wort over to my Chronical from my brew kettle?
- If I do a partial batch in a big fermenter, is that a problem ("too much oxygen", etc.)???
- Can I make my Chronical 7 Gal shorter to fit into fridge / chest cooler?
CIP
Accessories
- Do the Chronical series fermenters come standard with the LCD temp gauge?
- What do you recommend for a blow-off setup on your Chronical fermenters?
- Can't I just Invert a 1.5" to 3" TC reducer and use my standard Chronical lid for the new 3" TC Accessories?
- How do I add the 3/8" sampling valve from the Brewmaster Line to my standard Chronical?
- How many threads per inch on threaded leg inserts?
- What step bit should I use to drill 17 mm holes into my Chronical???
Fittings
Dimensions and Sizing
- What are the exact dimensions of the Chronical 7 Gal Fermenter?
- What are the exact dimensions of the 14 gallon Chronical
- What are the exact dimensions of the Half Barrel Chronical fermenter?
- Do You Ever Plan To Offer an Extension Sleeve?
- Detail needed on TC flanges and bores used on your Chronical fermenters
- Can I stack Chronical 7 Gallon fermenters on top of each other?
Miscellaneous
- Is there a way to adjust the lid clamps on a Chronical series fermenter?
- Can I add a heating element to your Chronicals for boiling?
- Gasket on my Chronical lid doesn't seem to fit right?
- Can I move my 14 Gal or Half Barrel Chronical by the handles when full?
- Can I use a temp probe from my own temp control system in your thermowell?
- My beer has a slight metallic taste - is that from the metal?
Most Frequently Asked Customer Questions
- How are the gallon markings done? What kind of etching?
- What volume levels do the electrically etched markings start at?
- Can I custom order my Chronical, such as choosing which valves or lid I want?
- How to remove "beer stone" from my fermenter?
- How do I integrate my Chronical with my Pico Brew?
- My bubbler isn't bubbling, but i can still smell fermentation happening!
Unitanks
Unitank FAQs
Brewmaster Edition Conical's (BME)
BME Basics
- How to bottle out of a BME Chronical.
- Can I do a smaller batch than what my BME Chronicle was intended for and still get good cooling performance?
- How do I use the included 3" TC Blow-off Barb and PRV as a Pressurized Transfer Fitting?
- The Thermowell is in Close Proximity to the Chill Coil, Should I be Concerned?
- What fitting should I use on the 1.5" TC dump valve to harvest yeast?
- One of the lock-nuts included with my BME Chronical doesn't fit properly?