STAINLESS STEEL PRESSURE FERMENTER CUSTOMISATIONS | THE MALT MILLER HOME BREWING CHANNEL

Being able to pressure ferment beer adds some amazing dynamics you your home brew set up. It means you can speed up fermentation time on lagers, brew low oxygen hazy IPAs and transfer your beer around under pressure.
There's been a big spike in the home brewing market for pressure fermenters with lots which are made now from PET plastic, offering a great gateway into this part of our hobby, but for some stainless steel is king! The Apollo Titan from ‪@Keg-King‬ offers the brewer all the advantages of a snub nosed pressure fermenter right out of the box, however when you add some customisations to this unit, you turn it into a fully fledged Uni-Tank.
In this video we show you a few ideas on how you can add some useful customisation to this tank and also how to fit temperature control to the Apollo Titan using the new Chilling Coil from Keg King, coupled up to a ‪@GrainfatherAllGrainBrewing‬‪@GrainfatherAllGrainBrewing‬ GCA kit and GC4 Glycol Chiller.
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[@-Scraps-]

I strapped a Peltier to the side of my ss brewtech conical and added a slim noctua heat sink paired with an inkbird. Can drop a 6 gal batch down 20f from ambient. I don’t lager and couldn’t mess with water lines, so it was inexpensive solution and works great.

[@stripeyjoe]

I use mine with a 1.5-2” adapter and the Kegland collection vessel. Works a treat. Also, dead easy to drill holes in the legs to get them exactly the height you want.

[@YeastFace]

Love mine. If you drill extra leg holes, you can add a bottom valve and still fit in an undercounter fridge.

[@geoffdickinson1310]

I am in Aus and I have two of these fermenters. If I may offer some of my observations from me using my units. I have my cooling connected to a G20 KL chiller. The first thing I had to do was ensure that the chilling coils which have an offset in the lead in tubing are oriented toward the outside of the fermenter. I connected mine as you did in this video and found that the position of the coil repeatedly interfered with the floating pick up because there is very little room between the tubing of the pick up and the coil and the thermowell tube. I turned my coil to be further away from the thermowell tube. The second thing I have found is that if you push the temp sensor all the way to the bottom on the thermowell tube in real Iife with a real fermentation happening then the thermowell tubing is actually in the trub at the bottom of the fermenter and was giving an inaccurate reading of the temp of the wort. I fitted a piece of silicon tubing into the thermowell tube so that the sensor for the chiller was actually in the middle of the fermentor and not down toward the bottom. I also have the insulated jackets that KK supply for the Apollo series and if using them on the Titan it will restrict how you may want to use the side ports. To access the bottom port you will need to unzip and open the jacket to get at the tap. The jacket may also limit the length of attachments that a brewer may want to fit to the bottom if using the jacket. I use the G20 for cooling and a simple wrap around 30 w heater belt for heating, all controlled through the G20. via the one thermowell and sensor. I hope this may help people when setting up the Titan.

[@themaltmiller8438]

Nice one! Thanks for the additional information!

[@vidarbentestuen3819]

Do you have any information on the o ring you change for the coils to be pessure tight?

[@themaltmiller8438]

Sorry but I cant remember off the top of my head but I think they were keg post o-rings!

[@Savrinni]

Space on the lid is an issue when installing the cooling coil. Just noticed the thermowell is different from the unitank plunger. You guys have that in stock?

[@themaltmiller8438]

No we don't have the plunger as a spare, it's the one from the snub nose Apollo

[@MrEucam]

What's the measurements from top to bottom with the 90 degree elbow on the bottom valve attached? Got 70cm of height in my fridge! Got a feeling it won't fit! Guess I'd need to drill new holes in the kegs to get the dump valve as close to the bottom of the fridge.....

[@themaltmiller8438]

Hey Mate! Just measured it for you, it's around 80cm with the legs extended for the elbow to fit.

[@MrEucam]

Better get a new fridge then! Thanks!

[@jiffy176]

Did you add a collection jar after the valve or just run into a bucket?

[@themaltmiller8438]

Just out into a jug. You could add some form of collection vessel or a barbed tri-clamp fitting to take it down to a smaller size and drain into something to harvest the yeast. Loads of options!

[@metalheadmutthomebrew]

Are the lids the same as the Kegland ones? I'd be interested in this if I could fit my hop bong to it!

[@themaltmiller8438]

No, it’s a different lid. However Keg King have recently launched a new stainless steel lid which has a 2” triclamp port. Not currently available in the UK but we will keep an eye out for them should they be brought in by the distributor

[@metalheadmutthomebrew]

@@themaltmiller8438 hmmm interesting. Will keep an eye out then! Cheers 🍻

[@stripeyjoe]

The lids are slightly smaller.

[@Keg-King]

@@metalheadmutthomebrew you will need a thicker black oring instead of the our red orings and then all our lids will be usable on the other fermenters. If you want to use a dry hopping under pressure tool, you will need to use our brand new Universal Apollo SS lid that has a 2in TC at the top.

[@olofpersson9794]

Pretty pricey with all the accessories combined. Will stick with my plastic Apollo for now. Cheap beer taste better 😊🍺

[@themaltmiller8438]

That's the great thing about brewing, so much scope for everyones own particular interests within the hobby.

[@markgarner9832]

Would the RAPT pill work in a s/s tank?

[@themaltmiller8438]

It will work, yes. Especially as this tank has a plastic lid. You might find some reduction in signal strength though.

[@stripeyjoe]

It does. I have mine in a larder fridge with a RAPT temp controller on the outside. The Pill connects up with no problems.