Pressure Fermentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly with Trong Nguyen from HomebrewerLab.com

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On Today's Show:
Pressure Fermentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly with Trong Nguyen from HomebrewerLab.com
Trong and I were all over the place so I didn't make chapters, although I think KZbin does auto-chapters now? Either way, enjoy the discussion!
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[@HomebrewHappyHour]

Get a FLOTit 2.0 for yourself and let us know what you think! www.kegconnection.com/flotit-2-0-stainless-steel-floating-dip-tube-no-beer-left-behind/

[@TheBruSho]

This was an excellent follow up Josh! So helpful to see the products Trong makes. This guy is doing the lords work making new and exciting products for us homebrewers.

[@natanvd]

Great follow up, I have several of his products and the customer support is amazing. Please get him back as much as you can since his view on homebrewing is very useful.

[@BitterRealityBrewing]

Great video, and I'll have to find the first one as I missed it. Trong is an underappreciated Homebrewing genius! I have almost every keg and pressure fermenter using the FLOTit 2.0, and if it isn't, that is because I haven't had the money yet to replace the older FLOTit 1.0 dip tubes I'm still using in a few kegs. Warning! The Picnic Tap 2.x will make you lazy, as I rarely hook up my kegs to my tap lines as the Picnic tap 2.x is too quick and simple to use and does a fantastic job. I've mentioned and shown off Trongs' inventions on more vids than I can count, and he deserves the praise as he invents extremely useful tools for all of us homebrewers.

[@Jimmyjames19833]

Love listening to this guy!

[@lonewolf9390]

No beer left behind. Now that's a cause I can support! 🤘😝🤘

[@user-kx3jw9oj6f]

I love it ! " I just toss it into my swimming pool" Trong is the best !

[@HomebrewHappyHour]

I agree!

[@AM2PMReviews]

I have a FloTit 2.0 and his Taps ands I just ordered more since they are awesome. Maybe I should get his SpundIt. The FloTit tubing feels cheap and thin but then I realized it needs to be very flexible to float properly.

[@HomebrewHappyHour]

My Pop and I brewed an English Brown Ale and it's been pressure fermenting in my office at 12psi for a week (I was at Craft Brewer's Conference immediately after we brewed). It's my first time using the SPUNDit and I'm sold. It is extremely easy to use. He color codes the 'layers' so you have a very accurate idea of what psi you're setting the SPUNDit to (until pressure is added in the vessel which confirms your setting) and it was super cool seeing the fermentation go to town with the 'fermonitor' I also got alongside the SPUNDit. All that to say that I highly recommend that product if you don't mind spending the money!

[@williambellavance8784]

Great show, I typically listen on Spotify but glad I had to work Saturday as I was able to put it on youtube and watch. So glad I did. 8)

[@joe.skiles]

I use the spundit for filling kegs under pressure, works great for those who carbonate in fermenters. The picnic tap is great to have on hand to pull samples quickly. The FLotits are outstanding as well. Trong really makes awesome stuff.

[@crow13695]

This is some great information, it would be nice to actually see the transfer in real time, actually being done.

[@lonewolf9390]

Just got a FLOTIt for one my kegs. Can't wait to try it out. 👍

[@HomebrewHappyHour]

Dude, you're going to love it! My Pop and I just started using it on a serving keg for our latest batch of Pale Ale and it was clear from the first pour. I'm a big proponent of every person owning a FLOTit 🍻

[@apenutz987]

Great show. Love his passion.

[@HomebrewHappyHour]

It's so much fun being around people who are passionate about what they do 🍻

[@toby889b2]

The FLOTit is great have 2. Need more one for each keg and fermenter. Just kinda pricey

[@RCAC03]

What is the risk to using the silicone tubing with keg full of StarSan storing before pushing out with CO2 to purge keg?

[@Stevejohnson-od3mk]

I use San Step purchased from Keg Connection which is also an acid based sanitizer. I have been doing exactly what you describe for well over a year. While I'm certainly no expert, I don't see any degradation on any of my 8 FLOTit dip tubes. I love these things in my primary fermenter as well as my kegs. I will buy more as I add more kegs.

[@apenutz987]

Over time the acid damages Silicone. Beer is already acidic star san a d san step are even more acidic. They will shorten the life of the hose. But hose is easy enough to replace so up to you if you want to go to a different sanitizer or if yiu just want to buy new hose every so often.

[@HomebrewHappyHour]

I texted Trong and here is his reply: "There are 2 down sides of this approach: 1. The silicone tubing will become hardened and brittle over time in high acidity. 2. The silicone tubing may slip off the stainless steel tube because of low friction coefficient with its surface coated with StarSan."

[@RCAC03]

@@HomebrewHappyHour Good to know!

[@kevinwalsh2566]

Can we get these in uk please

[@HomebrewHappyHour]

I'll double check but I'm pretty sure you can get international shipping from Trong's website. However, if you'd like to support Kegconnection then email me your shipping info and I can get you an exact shipping quote for however many FLOTits you're wanting 🍻 joshua AT kegconnection DOT com