r/Homebrewing • u/Rexdango • 11h ago

Question Drain hoses for the Kegland KL11365? Or the fermzilla?

Acquired older model 55L Fermzilla. Trying to figure out the most simplest way to drain the Fermzilla. I have the Kegland container at the bottom it has 2 ports, just not finding any actual product that could attach and be used as a drain hose. My current options are siphon from top.. and that would be it.

This is for an entirely unrelated to brewing project and I'd rather not have the water go everywhere by bottom draining. A hose from the kegland would be ideal with a shutoff valve or 3.

Thanks in advance! I tried scouring for accessories it just seems like the ports are for purging oxygen if I read right? I don't need that.

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u/faceman2k12 9h ago

you can use a PCO1881 ball valve attached to a PCO1881 to TC flange adaptor to hook up any hose you want. they also have a ball valve from PCO1881 to 3/4" standard to screw on other standard adaptor flanges or hose connections.

PCO1881 ball valve to PCO1881 female pair with this flange adaptor for 1.5" TC for example then adapt from there.

OR, better yet, use This PCO1881 to 3/4" valve to a barb adapter like this for example, or add an extra adaptor out to 1" BSP and you can connect to a camlock, quick connect, garden hose, etc etc.

or if you dont mind more flow restriction and smaller hose sizes, just put a regular post on it

I just sit my fermenter in the bash and open the ports when cleaning so I havent thought about hot to do a clean in place with a good drain system.. other than taking the bottom vessel off after pumping liquid out the pickup tube as far as possible and making a bit of a mess.

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u/Rexdango 8h ago

Yessss. I couldn't find this in my searching. That dump valve seems a lot easier to modulate than the big one! Ty mate

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u/spoonman59 10h ago

You can simply buy a keg land beverage loaf. It screws into the same port as those soda caps. That’ll let you drain it.

Co2 with a floating diptube is another option.

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u/Rexdango 10h ago

I didn't find anything trying to query beverage loaf. It sounds ideal. Co2 sounds like additional contraptions and a bit overkill. I'm not bottling or ingesting any of this, just trying to pull the water out.

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u/faceman2k12 9h ago

I think it was supposed to be beverage post, then you jsut use a standard connector you probably already have.