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I’m sure the BT community will come up with some ideas and BT will be keen to see what suggestions come up 👍🏻

I suppose if you have a larder fridge you could hang it on the side of the fridge itself?

At present, if you want to put in a fridge you will have to consider the bottom of the FV, if thats important to you. There might be solutions with tall lager style fridges but we've not looked into it.

Temperature control is HUGE!

Hi, thanks for your input. I have a 23 litre fresh wort kit tin a 30 litre MiniUni that I have just dry hopped. I poured the wort in with the tank in its stand on the floor then picked the whole tank up and hooked it on the wall bracket, exactly as you see in the video. It was heavy but, the wall bracket catches really easily so it was very manageable. Obviously that is not going to happen with 50 litres but for brewing that quantity you will have pumps anyway. We have mounted ours quite high on the wall for the sake of the video, however, now that I am using it slightly lower would have been easier in use.

More then twice the price of kegmenter's own pressure kit, not sure if it's worth it imo. Cool with the built in pressure gauge and stuff but i prefer solid ss instead of a plastic cap for more then double the price. I feel you tho, I'm going to buy it for sure but I know it's not worth it at all lol :)

Have to agree,no handles-how on earth can you lift a 20,30,40 or 50 litre full one with no handles,major design oversight,and then hang a full 50 litre one on a wall?🤔 My Ss brewbucket with 23 litres in it is an awkward heavy lift with handles on it. Do not want to appear negative but way overpriced as usual for Brewtools gear. My Ss Brewbuckets are far more adaptable with a heat cool option,if you add up Brewtools extras you can buy an Ss chronical fermenter with a heat/cool option for what these cost.

@icequake3 BT is already working on several accessories for MiniUni that includes handles, temperature control, legs and many more. They said the 40l and 50l should be filled with a pump instead of lifting and moving around. I agree, it will be crazy heavy and not safe to move 40l and 50l of wort, the tank and accessories weight. You cannot compare the price to anything else in the market at the moment. You can not put quality and cheap prices in the same service or products, it doesn't work. I do agree the products should be well thought out before the launch day and hanging 40l or 50l+ on the wall is still very risky, I wouldn't, and most of the walls are made of MDF, plywood and plasterboards nowadays. And, even if you have a brick or concrete wall, you will need some serious screws and heavy-duty wall plugs 😬

There are still other products in development to assist with the cooling and heating, those will make a big difference if thats something you're keen to have internally on the tank.

The quality is very high and this is still gen 1 of this range. They will undoubtedly be working on future adaptations

@@johnmcmullan9741 thank you for your enlightened response. Of course I don't have a clue. I will keep looking for a guide that explains how the MiniUni works, despite your dismissive comment. Maybe then I can make an informed decision about this bit of kit.

Brewtools users are very innovative and were sure there will be some clever solutions coming up on the topic!

The are working on heating and cooling adapters to go with it!

Not sure if they’re working on something but I’m sure they will be keen to see customer feedback and suggestions

Not 100% sure on that one, we will see if BT have a solution 👍🏻

@@themaltmiller8438 might have to get creative with their hop drop accessory and some other parts that fit the 4 inch top

Brewtools have announced they are already working on a chiller coil and heating solution, once that is live i'm sure it will be a complete solution

@@themaltmiller8438 then it will be irresistible shiney…. I can feel the wallet twitching now.

We've had a beer fermenting in this with the GF valve and its been rock solid. We've had it up to 20psi at least, not a drop leaked!

@@themaltmiller8438 great, thanks a lot for confirming. I’m going to go ahead and order myself one then :)

At present you would probably put the tank in a fridge/chamber with a heat source and something like an InkBird. Ref Carbonation, you can carb in the tank using the spunding valve and using the CO2 from the fermentation or by attaching a gas line to the corny post and force carb the beer that way.

This is a genius idea for sure, be good to see how the heating and cooling works with it being hung. Presume there is a solution for this coming.

​@@SuperRobread they cobfirmed in there commebt section they had multiple solutions in the works

Just spitballing, but there are 4" tri clamp fittings that have a coil with a blow-off barb, which would allow for cooling.

We suggest removing the pressure gauge but the other items are ok to be submerged. You can disassemble the whole thing if you wish to though.

Brewtools have announced they are already working on a chiller coil and heating solution, once that is with us then the wall hanging option really comes into its own!

That would be interesting to see if it worked/held pressure

@@themaltmiller8438 will get back when i have tried it.

Yes we did! It works perfectly fine. Obviously we can’t place any guarantees on how it would perform over many uses and scales or pressures but in our test it did the job!!

@@themaltmiller8438 Yay!

Yes, it is tricky but they now have launched a tri-clamp with handles for the lid

It fits really well and there is a section in the stand that offers high friction and as such makes it more sturdy

@@themaltmiller8438 brilliant, cheers guys

Quick question, can we expect a jacketed version? That would be fantastic.

I'm sure BT will be looking at comments and suggestions so never say never!

There working on accessories to bring temp control but jacketing would have meant a higher price point and less distinction form their larger UniTanks

@@themaltmiller8438 True, I love my Grainfather pro fermenters though. The only thing I don’t love is the access to the dump/sample valves. BT’s have this taken care of with wall mount and east access

Good idea, off the top of my head you don't get a jacketed tank for cooling or as many configurations/ports.

Brewtools are working on some updated accessories which will then offer temp control!

Total volume buddy

Not directly as it’s not jacketed but again we will feed it back 👍🏻

@@themaltmiller8438 there are several non jacketed fermenters that are glycol capable. So not sure what jacketing has to do with it? But hey. I’m new.

Hi Joseph. I have a fresh wort kit fermenting in the vessel as I type. It is in an unheated warehouse so the temperature is really quite cool. I placed 1 heat belt round the base and popped a jacket over it. 4 Days and it's down to FG using BRY-97.

At present you would need to put into a fridge for temp control. Brewtools have announced they are already working on a chiller coil and heating solution, which may be a little way off but certainly addresses this piece of feedback

@@themaltmiller8438 thanks for the reply. I’ll watch this space. It would be great to be able to get rid of the fridge in the garage and have this mounted on the wall and be able to do everything I can currently do. But if they go down the glycol route it probably won’t suit me. A second hand fridge is £60, a glycol system is significantly more. But an interesting product all the same. Would also make sense to have a handle that could be used with the wall mount so it would be easy to carry when full. Not everyone brew’s next to where the fermenter lives.

Really depend on your personal fridge set up as they all differ, check out the dimensions here www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/brewtools-miniuni-tank-30-litre/

Yep, you need the pressure kit or siphon, the traditional way.

@@themaltmiller8438 it’s a shame they didn’t fit a gas/beer post on the lid.with the same floating dip tube as the pressure kit. So much less hassle than a syphon. I’m sure the lid is capable of a few psi just to push beer out, but then you’d need to seal off the airlock, problems eh ? 😂

@@CrustyKitter Yes but, then you would also need a PRV. My guess is that Brewtools went the whole way and produced the pressure pack, which is awesome! Just love that little spunding valve;)

We're not sure on future accessories but the folks at Brewtools are always working on something!

No not yet, best thing to do is join the waitlist on our website and then you'll be able to get notified when they arrive with us

Possibly, not sure how you could connect things up but if you were using try-clamps then that could work!

In it's current form its static but I'm sure there will be some clever folks in the community that will come up with a solution

Check out the product pages here - www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product-category/equipment/brewtools/brewtools-fermenters/

For dry hopping under pressure, you could add a 4" tri clamp valve ($$$) and add the Brewtools hop dropper or build your own from various parts. Not sure about temperature probe other than sticking one to the side with gaffer tape.

get a 4 inch to two inch adapter then use the kegland attachments, or blank the 4 inch and flip it.

@@BobGreenOnline Then no pressure fermentation... one or the other...

Not sure yet, if you join the waitlist you'll get an email as soon as they arrive to us

@@themaltmiller8438 👍