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Should we equip carbonation stone for the beer fermenters?


As we all know, beer fermentation cycle is divided by primary fermentation period and the secondary or maturation period.
Standardly, the two stages separately happen in a primary fermenter and a maturation/conditioning tank. Some breweries
also make the two stages in one same fermentation tank (CCT), thus reducing the cost in tanks. That may require assembling
the carbonation device in the fermenters which usually in conditioning/brite beer tank.
 
So the question is: Shoud we equip carbonation stone for the fermenters?
 
Obviously the beer fermenters can be added with carbonated port if you do not have bright beer tanks. Fermenting and maturing will
share a same tank where the fermenter now is also called Unitank.
 
A standard beer fermenter is without carbonation port because there may be still some yeast sediment adhering to the carbonation stone
after primary fermentation finish. These yeast is difficult to be cleaned without taking out the carbonation stone. Yeast sediment will more
or less take some affect on the beer tasting. Carbonation function is only workable in case that you will ignore this situation.

Carbonation stone must be tri-clamp connection and easy to take it out. It is better not appear any screw connection in a fermentation tank to
keep extremely sanitary. Or please do more careful work to clean all the deal corners in the design. 

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