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A close-up view of the bottom end of the fermentor at the end of fermentation.
You can see around 2.5 litres of yeast sediment. This came from about 500 ml of thick slurry that was pitched. You can also see that I cocked up the volume labels originally ! Don't ask !!
The tap simply screws into a spin-weld joint that I had put in when I bought the plastic bucket that became the fermentor. The people who sell / make these things can often do that for you easily. All they do is have a piece that will become the female thread connector and they spin it at high speed using a special attachment on a standard hand held drill. They cut a hole in the side wall first and then, as this thing spins against the plastic wall of the bucket it melts its way in. You get a solid thread without leaking problems this way.
Inside of the fermentor, in the back end of the tap's hole, I push-fit a small plastic elbow which points upwards. That way I take off the beer through the tap but from a position at around the 9 litre level. This way I ensure I don't draw off directly through a yeast cake.