Pressure Ferment with HDPE Speidels???

[Craigerrr]

So a little update on this. Last batch that I cold crashed in this fermenter I turned the pressure up to about 4PSI. Everything seemed fine, and I had no issues. Filled up the keg as per usual. When I took the piece of wood out that I use to tip the fermenter back, it wouldn't sit flat. The bottom was bowed out! It went back to its normal shape, and everything was fine, but in future I will put just the bare minimum of pressure when cold crashing, and won't be doing any more pressure experiments with my Speidels.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Whoa close one there Craigare!

Hey you can't get a hold of any bubble fermentors over there?

Keg King now have low pressure PRVs available for spunding options too now which are pretty cool.

 

[Craigerrr]

I have two 30L Speidels, and I am very happy with them.
Turns out pressure fermenting is not an option with them, and that's okay with me.
I connect a guess line for cold crashing to keep O2 from entering, and this has worked fine at min pressure.

 

[Hawkbox]

Yeah sounds like it would be an expensive experiment. I have mostly given up on cold crashing cause it's a hassle and I use steel cups these days so I can't see the clarity anyway.

 

[Craigerrr]

Yeah sounds like it would be an expensive experiment. I have mostly given up on cold crashing cause it's a hassle and I use steel cups these days so I can't see the clarity anyway.

I figure that it is going to either drop out in cold crash, or in the keg. Cold crashing is a breeze with my setup, so I prefer to keep the sediment out of the keg.

 

[Hawkbox]

If it's easy then why not. Mine is a pain in the ass to cold crash with so I just let the keg do the work.