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Polypin

Started by sub82, June 28, 2013, 09:30:18 AM

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sub82

Anyone any experience of these?

Thinking of doing an ale for a party at the end of the summer and a 20L polypin seems, logistically, the best option?

Rossa

Bag in the box type? marceldesailly  has experience with those ones.

sub82

Yeah that's it - looks simple enough?

Just rack into it and prime depending on the quantity of beer.

Rossa

Yeah, that's it. I believe they work very well.

CARA

They do-where are you getting the empties from?!
Upa Sesh

sub82

Not sure yet - do you know of anywhere that sells them?
Think you can buy empty reusable ones for around £10.

sub82

No haven't been able to find any local places so was looking at some of the UK online shops.

Esoteric Home Brew

marceldesailly

Ye its all pretty straight forward as you as you might imagine. You do need to bear in mind a couple of things, like how long to condition it ( out of and in the polypin), finings or not and volume of CO2.

And two other points. They do swell up rather alarmingly but you just need to hold your nerve ( or just degas it a little a few days before you intend on dispensing if it gettign very worrying!). I've found priming above the recommended dose works well ( maybe 30-50% more), it'll still be cask like so don't worry about that.
Unless you put it inside a box or something the amount of yeast that drops might put some people, so if that will be an issue fining it a few days prior to putting it in the polypin is usually a good idea.  And obviously if you have a lot of yeast moving it to where you want to serve it needs to be done with enough time for everything to settle and clear.

It's quite satisfying pouring pints from it as it settles in the glass just like  a hand pulled pint! And it'll easily last 10days+. But ideally get it finished ASAP.

I've only ever gotten them from my GFs dad in the UK but I was looking into them before and came across a couple of sies that might be of interest to people.

http://www.pubshop.co.uk/catalog/ale20litreplainwhitesquarebaginboxpolypinfrom-p-2908.html
http://www.baginboxonline.co.uk/products.html

There's also a big thread on Jims aobut Polypins which may be useful reading

Will_D

Quote from: marceldesailly on June 30, 2013, 01:29:22 PM
http://www.baginboxonline.co.uk/products.html

I got 10 5l itre bags and boxes delivered to dublin for £35

It was about 17 for the boxes but 19 for the postage!

Still they worked out at about €4 each as opposed to a tenner.

The only problem is that the taps and bags are meant to used 1 off! They can be refilled but its a bit of a pain.

Vinotainers that have a tap that just unscres are a lot more easy but are a lot more expensive!
Remember: The Nationals are just round the corner - time to get brewing

sub82

Looks good - will check out the Jims thread.

Eoin

You can get them here, they are called vinotainers and all the homebrew shops have them. I use a few of them at home and have done a stout in one before and it came out excellent.


sub82

Did you carbonate it much? I'd be worried about the vinotainers bursting if they are designed for wine.

Eoin

Quote from: sub82 on July 01, 2013, 01:32:06 PM
Did you carbonate it much? I'd be worried about the vinotainers bursting if they are designed for wine.

They are the same container and are very tough inside. I used a ten litre one for the brew and from what I can see the bag inside is a polypin, no difference, it is heavy tough plastic and not the light stuff.

I carbonated....not sure how much but it worked for a stout, perfectly, it's a while back now and I only used the polypin due to the amount I had left over after kegging or something, not sure now.

sub82

Cool thanks for the info. I'll maybe order up one of those and give it a go!

Shane - was on the phone to Hilden earlier, they can supply 20L polypins.

Eoin

In fact now that I think of it, my cousin gave me one of the polypins it was from Hilden, they got it for a party and it was a vinotainer the same as the ones I already had at home.