BrewBuilt X1 UNI Assembly And Instruction Manual page 6

USING YOUR X1 + CONICAL
Sanitize
Always sanitize your Conical before filling it with wort. This
includes opening your sample valve and dump ports to
ensure sanitizer makes contact with every nook 'n cranny.
We recommend Star San or a similar sanitizer. Never use a
bleach solution as bleach will cause pitting and corrosion
on the surface of the stainless steel.
Basic Use
FILLING — Your conical can be filled with wort through
the top, via the sample valve, or via the butterfly valve
with an optional tri-clamp by barb adapter.
FERMENTATION — With the blow off barb and silicone
blow off hose connected, place the end of the silicone
blow off tubing into a bucket filled with water. We prefer
the silicone tubing as opposed to a rigid stainless blow
off as silicone tubing is much easier to remove and clean
between batches.
The Flex Chamber
CAUTION: Always keep the butterfly valve open when
the Flex Chamber is installed. When you are ready to
remove the Flex Chamber depressurize the system with
the butterfly open. This allows any pressure to also
leave the Flex Chamber. After relieving all pressure in
the system you can close the butterfly valve and safely
remove the Flex Chamber.
The pressurizable Flex Chamber attaches directly to the 2"
butterfly dump valve and can be used for removing trub,
harvesting and storing yeast, adding hops, and many other
tasks. Below we will walk you through the processes and
give you some tips on how to best use your Flex Chamber.
PREPARING YOUR FLEX CHAMBER FOR USE
EACH TIME
1. Soak or spray the Flex Chamber and all parts — caps,
gaskets, clamps, etc. — with sanitizer prior to assembling
and attaching it to your conical dump port.
2. Assemble your Flex Chamber by attaching the lid and
threading the caps onto the threaded ports on either
side.
3. Spray sanitizer into the closed butterfly valve on
your conical dump port as well as the top of the Flex
Chamber and its TC gasket. Fasten the Flex Chamber to
the butterfly valve with a 2" TC clamp.
4. Before opening the valve, it's important to understand
some basic displacement concepts. The empty Flex
Chamber is filled with gas (oxygen) and the conical is
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filled with liquid (beer), so if you simply open the valve
the liquid will want to replace the gas since it's heavier.
This will send oxygen up through your finished beer and
negatively impact the beer's flavor. See below to learn
how to use your flex chamber side ports to flush with
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5. Always keep the butterfly valve in the open position
while the Flex Chamber is in use.
COLLECTING AND DUMPING TRUB WITH FLEX
CHAMBER — The ability to remove trub (sediment) is one
of the key advantages of a conical fermenter. Inevitably,
some amount of trub will make it into your fermenter
when transferring out of your brewing kettle. Dry hopping
also results in a lot of trub as hop matter eventually settles
to the bottom of the conical. To dump trub using the Flex
Chamber, follow the process outlined below.
1. If you are using the conical with the pressure lid, make
sure the entire conical system has been depressurized
and that the bottom butterfly valve is in the open
position. This can be done by loosening the cap on the
pressure relief valve, using a separate spunding valve,
or using a gas-in quick disconnect on the gas-in post on
the Pressure Pack lid.
2. When you are sure the system has been depressurized
close the butterfly valve at the bottom of the conical.
3. Place a bowl, pan, or small bucket below the Flex
Chamber to collect drips and un-clamp the Flex Chamber
from the butterfly valve.
FLUSHING THE FLEX CHAMBER WITH CO
optional step is to flush your Flex Chamber with CO
to filling it with trub or yeast. This will help eliminate
oxygen from the Flex Chamber and oxidation from your
beer. You can easily do this by attaching a ball lock adapter
(Part# KG500) to one of the threaded side ports. Here's
how to effectively flush the Flex Chamber with CO
1. Soak or spray the Flex Chamber and all parts — caps,
gaskets, clamps, etc. — with sanitizer prior to assembling
and attaching it to your conical dump port.
2. Sanitize and attach a ball lock adapter (Part# KG500) in
place of either side cap on the Flex Chamber.
3. Set the regulator on your CO
setting i.e. 1–2 psi and then attach the ball lock gas
connector to the ball lock adapter (Part# KG500) on the
side of the Flex Chamber.
4. Slightly loosen the TC clamp connecting Flex Chamber
to Closed Butterfly valve until you hear gas hissing from
the connection. Allow gas to flow for a few seconds
to ensure all the oxygen has been flushed. Tighten TC
clamp and proceed.
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