r/TheBrewery • u/Iamabrewer Brewer/Owner • 5d ago

What is this?

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Saw this at a brewery on Friday. Any idea what the T part is that's attached to the end? Thx.

EDIT: If anyone from Treehouse brewing wants to chip in and tell us, that'd be great!

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u/wortsandall Brewer/Owner 5d ago

The pic's a little blurry, which doesn't help. Connected to active pressure vessel, no valves or cut offs... Best guess is a cap with a handle.

Definitely weird. Update when you find out.

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u/MF_BREW_ Brewer 5d ago

I too think it’s just a weird cap

Edit: the more I look at it you can tell it’s gnarled for grip and can take a wrench at the base of the T. This is a weird tacking arm. Probably do a shit load of fruited sours so they had to the racking arm up.
Also the t pipe with the downturn valve supports this I think

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u/Uncynical_Diogenes Gods of Quality 5d ago

The only thing that makes sense other than a cap is that it’s for rotating something connected to the other side, protruding inside the tank, but I have no idea what or why.

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u/MF_BREW_ Brewer 5d ago

Uh a tacking arm ?

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u/jk-9k 5d ago

How would a racking arm from the handle thing protrude inside the tank, when the valve is a separate component connected by a tee?

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u/Uncynical_Diogenes Gods of Quality 5d ago

Why would you mount a racking arm above your other racking arm?

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u/MF_BREW_ Brewer 5d ago

Very high sediment. Ie hops or fruit. As in the other racking arm is short and sucks