Totally. I actually never used one (or even knew about one) until i moved away from fermenting in a plastic bucket. I always used an airlock. Never had issues with blowouts. I only use one now because my fermenting vessel has a blowoff cane. Much easier to attach a hose than buy fittings to...

Yeah, I have a Unitank and i use a blow-off tube. It's just a crude part of my setup that I had assumed larger breweries would have solved for differently by now.

It's crazy that its so low tech, compared to their other gear. Not that it has to be high tech, its just interesting

Does anyone here know what professional breweries use as their "airlock"? I cant imagine they have blow-off tubes sticking out of each massive tank. Are they all equipped with a spunding regulator or are they doing something else?

Thanks all for the help. Dumping an entire batch is still new to me, just wanted to be sure!

Yeah, I’ve had a few pints each of the last few nights to try and identify the flavor... each night I get a stomach ache. Either it’s enough Starsan that it’s messing with me, or my mind is playing tricks. Either one of those options is not enjoyable. I think I’m gonna have to dump the whole...

I’ve been trying to identify the after taste more and more. At this point I’d have to describe it as “watery bitterness”. Yes it’s lighter in body, but right at the end it seems to thin out dramatically and the bitterness is exposed. Either way, it’s giving me a stomach ache

It was a starsan solution diluted the recommended amount (which I think is 1oz per 5 gal water)

1/2 Gallon? Maybe more, maybe less. The only thing I can go by is the amount of beer that had already been transferred to the carboy by the time I noticed it. Theoretically it should equal the amount of starsan that went in (minus the hose length). Problem is, I was so caught off guard and...

To be clear, this was not the first batch of beer I used the Unitank on. I realized the way I worded my post sounds like it was the first batch. (The forum wont let me edit the post, as it says it's got 'spam' content, which makes no sense)

Hey all, first time posting. Hope this is the right spot. I recently got a new toy (SS Brewtech 7gal Unitank) and put my first batch of beer (Beer A) to ferment in it. I made a new batch (Beer B) about a week later and wanted to put it into the Unitank, so I moved Beer A to a glass carboy to...