Fermenter King Junior

Fermenter King Junior is now the world's most affordable 20L pressure fermenter and keg.
Junior comes from the same tank mold as our King Kegs but utilises the clear PET material of our 35L and 60L Fermenter King Unitanks.
With crystal clear PET tank, the Fermenter King Junior comes complete with a pressure lid fitted with a pressure relief valve and stainless steel ball lock gas and liquid posts.
The liquid ball lock post attaches to a silicone diptube that floats internally on a stainless steel float ball so you always pick up bright beer from the top of the keg.
Fermenter King Junior is a great way to ferment Fresh Wort Kits. It's relatively small size makes fermenting up to 18L of wort simple. Just attach a spunding valve onto an MFL type gas disconnect (not supplied) and you'll be able to control the internal pressure of your fermenter.
After fermentation, you can carbonate your beer in the Fermenter King Junior, attach it to your tap system or any hand held tap and serve directly out of the fermenter. Alternatively, you can easily transfer carbonated beverages from Fermenter King Junior to kegs, mini kegs and growlers.

[@MrJay191286]

I've just concerted a corny keg into this system. Now I need to find a way of getting one of these in the UK as this will solve the problems I've had with my setup

[@indiekiduk]

brew2bottle has 266 in stock

[@junyang3937]

SUPER COOL

[@mikaelholmqvist1293]

I just bought one and was really excited. However, the one I received has not the same parts as in this video. My threads is in cheap plastic, and is really hard to put on because of the spring inside the gas/liquid connector. The threads can easely get damaged, it's almost impossible to get them to fit. I would like to have the parts in metal as shown in the video, otherwise I have to return it. It wont last in plastic. Thank you!

[@mikaelholmqvist1293]

And by the way, Im a plumber so Im really careful when tightening stuff, especially when the threads are made of plastic.

[@Keg-King]

Hi Mikael. Here is a video on the new lid assembly. They're actually way better than the older ones. There's a good trick to getting the post on the threads in the video. You'll have a much better seal with these lids than the older version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gImliKSdj6uYjcU

[@robbietrench9915]

When will we be able to get these in the UK?!?

[@arethosetears]

this

[@indiekiduk]

brew2bottle has 266 in stock

[@robholmes3675]

Canada? When? Where's the link?

[@jeffbrislane5782]

Whats the absolute upper volume limit for this fermenter? I do FWK's from a brewer that i like to mix to at least 19L to get the right FG. Can you ferment 19L in this?

[@GCMunguba]

If the pressure relief valve already opens at 2.4 bar, can you opt to ferment without a spunding valve and just rely on the pressure relief valve?

[@Keg-King]

No. The spunding valve should be set lower than 2.4Bar. The yeast will struggle at that high a pressure and it will either take forever for fermentation to occur or not at all. Use the spunding valve, set to a comfortable level around 10psi for ale and 15 or so for lager. You can then set your temp controller slightly higher to move through fermentation faster.

[@AceHardy]

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[@derekbuchanan5839]

I’m brewing some stout at the moment. I have a couple of questions: can I bottle from this and if so do I still need to add carbonation tablets? 2nd’ly having drawn off some beer (tastes fab) the pressure drops (obviously) if the fermentation is complete should I expect the thing to build pressure back up or not?

[@Keg-King]

First, yes you can bottle from the Junior. We'd recommend getting the carbonation correct in the Junior first and then using a bottling gun or a Tapcooler to bottle under pressure. If you are planning on bottling the finished beer without it being carbonated properly first, then yes, you'll have to prime your bottles. Priming partially carbonated beer is more tricky though because you will have a level of Co2 already in the beer after fermentation and cold crashing. Adding priming sugars will require you adjust the priming amounts before bottling to take into account the level of carbonation required to finish the beer. This is why we'd recommend you finish carbonating in the junior and then bottle under pressure. It's faster, poses less risk of infection, won't change the flavour of your beer by having it undergo bottle fermentation and will increase the shelf life.

[@ryanm9704]

Extract brewer in NZ, wondering about availability and how to work around extract brews being 23L (excuse my ignorance being a newbie, just add less water to 18L? Or do ingredients need to be less to accommodate small fermenter? )

[@Keg-King]

Hi Ryan. With brewing there are always options and workarounds. Yes, you could add less water and get a slightly stronger beer or add less fermentable ingredients and get the same strength beer you're used to making. But if you want to make things even easier, don't change anything with your beer and just get our Chubby Pressure Fermenter. Chubby is 30L and has the same lid as Junior. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZewZ4dje55pma8 You can make your 23L batch as normal and still have room for headspace. You can get both fermenters at The Brew House in Wellington

[@victorgaladimawa6399]

So, how do you get the drink out of the Fermenter King, I cannot see a tap on it?

[@Keg-King]

Simply hook up a picnic tap, pluto gun or other faucet on your draft system to the liquid out post on the Junior. The floating diptube will pick up the liquid from the top, away from the sediment at the bottom. In this video I hook up a picnic tap and serve directly from the Snub Nose fermenter which is exactly what you can do with a Junior: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5_QeKqGrcyghLs

[@victorgaladimawa6399]

@@Keg-King will the picnic tap work when I run out of pressure in the FK? Do you sell a tap and pressure regulating bunding valve on your site?

[@Keg-King]

@@victorgaladimawa6399 You can serve on the natural pressure once you're carbonated but as the level of liquid drops, so does the pressure. You'll need to hook up to a gas cylinder or use a mini regulator. We have heaps of options for taps on our website. We have spunding valves and we have mini regs, full size regs, whatever you need to go from grain to glass. www.keg-king.com.au

[@xgenmx]

When will they be available worldwide?

[@bernoulli01]

Just received mine from brewgoat. The lid is a different design. Do you have have a video that shows the assembly of this? Cheers.

[@Keg-King]

Video will be out this Friday. It's a bit different to the first versions but same basic assembly. There's a bit of a trick to getting the post on. Start by going backwards until you feel the thread of the post lining up with the thread of the lid. Then push down and hand tighten. You'll find they're a much better seal, even just finger tight.

[@bernoulli01]

@Keg King thanks a lot! I look forward to seeing the video.

[@Keg-King]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gImliKSdj6uYjcU

[@imnille3989]

I am here for the music only.

[@otavioneto5971]

does it have volume marks? (so you know how much liquid there is inside)

[@derekbuchanan5839]

The one I got had a strip to stick on the outside

[@bensigl3766]

Is this available in the USA yet?

[@Keg-King]

Possibly January/February. Distributor is in the middle of moving warehouses in the midst of lockdown measures etc... Once they're ready we'll announce the availability. When everything ships.

[@dancrawford2690]

Why cant I buy this ????

[@Keg-King]

www.keg-king.com.au/fermenter-king-junior.html Currently Available in Australia

[@ryanc3001]

what is the bung for?

[@Keg-King]

To seal up where the Pressure Relief Valve is placed in the neck when these molds are used for creating speared one way kegs. When used as a pressure fermenter you place the bung in the neck from the inside and you'll have a Pressure Relief Valve in the lid with the cornelius ball lock posts.

[@5hawn739]

When will they be available in the us?

[@Keg-King]

Now available through Anvil Brewing Equipment in the US!

[@Kberrysal]

Do you have a link

[@Keg-King]

www.keg-king.com.au/fermenter-king-junior.html

[@Kberrysal]

Do you ship to the usa

[@furubicu]

what is the diameter of the cap?

[@Keg-King]

Chubby and Junior fermenters have a tank opening of 60mm. For wider PET fermenter tank openings, check out our Apollo range at 118mm wide!

[@furubicu]

@@Keg-King if it had 90mm I would buy several units. I'm setting up equipment to serve drinks on the beach, it's very difficult to get equipment around here, I'm from Rio de Janeiro and I work selling drinks on the beach

[@Keg-King]

@@furubicu Beach beverages are awesome.! We use the Junior Fermenters as cocktail kegs. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH7dfZSCbNikf9ksi=7qM9xlpuHJr_gC04

[@furubicu]

@@Keg-King saw the amazing video! It's exactly what I do at the beach, except I use a post mix. I've been building a new piece of equipment for 2 years, I'll be able to serve up to 7 different drinks, the equipment I currently use only allows me 1 drink, I'm trying to manufacture a pet bottle to fit the equipment, I'm researching ways to get it done all over the world , I'm almost done. I still need to get a cover with 3 ball lock terminals and a relief valve with a maximum diameter of 90mm

[@Kberrysal]

Can you naturally carbonate in this

[@Keg-King]

yes and you can also force carb in it and have your beer finished in minutes instead of weeks.

[@derekbuchanan5839]

@@Keg-King when you draw off beer the pressure drops should a fully fermented batch then repressurise or is that a sign of the fermentation not being complete?

[@Keg-King]

@@derekbuchanan5839 When you finish the beer with cold crashing, the gas in the head space created during fermentation will absorb into the cold liquid. In some cases the headspace gas is not entirely enough to carbonate, so leaving your Junior attached to gas to hold pressure is usually required to get the beer to the right carbonation level. Once you've achieved the perfect carbonation level for the style of beer you created, you just leave the fermenter hooked up to your gas to serve at a serving pressure. So, the fermenter works as a keg after use, or you can transfer to a keg or bottles and get your fermenter back for making another batch while you enjoy the one you just finished.

[@matbrasserie2892]

Can you get them in Europe?

[@Keg-King]

Brew Goat, Brew 2 Bottle and a few other places now stock these