Ok, so I had an idea for a new project to undertake. I was thinking about brewing beer in PVC pipes. Yes, I know that sounds really weird, but I thought it could turn out extremely fun. I could just see 5 or 6 vertical, wide pipes brewing away simultaneously! Now, in anyone's opinion, is this feasible? PVC has been rated food safe from what I've read, and so long as there aren't any scratches this could work! It has the added benefit of having a low square footage requirement (from a floor space perspective).
Granted, this is only an idea, but it'd be really cool if it worked. I don't think I could afford to get clear pvc, but if I could that would look even cooler.
Any additional ideas generated by this line of thought are also welcome!
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Fermenting: None
bottled: Prototype Porter, ESB, cider experiments 1-7.
Secondary: Zip point squat
Kegged: Nada :( (unless you count lemonade)
Ok, so I had an idea for a new project to undertake. I was thinking about brewing beer in PVC pipes. Yes, I know that sounds really weird, but I thought it could turn out extremely fun. I could just see 5 or 6 vertical, wide pipes brewing away simultaneously! Now, in anyone's opinion, is this feasible? PVC has been rated food safe from what I've read, and so long as there aren't any scratches this could work! It has the added benefit of having a low square footage requirement (from a floor space perspective).
Granted, this is only an idea, but it'd be really cool if it worked. I don't think I could afford to get clear pvc, but if I could that would look even cooler.
Any additional ideas generated by this line of thought are also welcome!
Been drinking again?
First of all I don't see any advantage-unless you're gonna use tall 4" pipe to decrease the footprint. Volume measurements will be tougher, you'll have to sanitize several vessels instead of 1, numerous airlocks or blowoffs are needed, but other than a lot of little nitpicky details I don't see any reason it won't work.
My main worry was sanitation at the end caps. I was thinking that, if that worked out, I could just drill a hole in the top end cap and adhere an airlock in place.
In my head the setup would be a couple of 4 to 6 inch wide pipes set up side by side, up to 5 feet tall. Kind of like over-sized test tubes. (no reason I couldn't do shorter heights for just test batches, like 2 or 3 gallon setups)
Do you think I'll have trouble siphoning after fermentation for the taller setup? Would it be worth looking into some kind of spigot at the bottom?
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Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. (I think I may have found her!)
Fermenting: None
bottled: Prototype Porter, ESB, cider experiments 1-7.
Secondary: Zip point squat
Kegged: Nada :( (unless you count lemonade)
My main worry was sanitation at the end caps. I was thinking that, if that worked out, I could just drill a hole in the top end cap and adhere an airlock in place.
In my head the setup would be a couple of 4 to 6 inch wide pipes set up side by side, up to 5 feet tall. Kind of like over-sized test tubes. (no reason I couldn't do shorter heights for just test batches, like 2 or 3 gallon setups)
Do you think I'll have trouble siphoning after fermentation for the taller setup? Would it be worth looking into some kind of spigot at the bottom?
You would have to run a batch to get an idea of where to put the spigot, Smaller Circle the yeast will be deeper than it would in a bucket,But ya for guys who want to brew in say a Studio Apartment, it could be a great idea. You would just have to make sure you find out if they are food grade or not.
One of the Brew sites had a kit they sold that you could use to brew in a corny keg, i had it, worked out pretty nice, i just prefer my bucket lol.
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