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Enhance your brewery's quality control process with the Aomite Sanitary Sampling Valve and Defoaming Pigtail combination.
Designed to extract liquid samples from tanks at various stages of the brewing process, this SS304 stainless steel valve ensures brewers get a representative, contamination-free sample without disrupting production flow. The true game-changer is the included Defoaming Pigtail—a specialized coiled extension. Because drawing highly carbonated beer under pressure naturally creates excessive foam, this coil reduces the fluid's velocity, allowing CO2 to escape gradually. This significantly reduces foam formation, ensuring you get a clean, accurate liquid sample every time for gravity or flavor testing. Equipped with a standard 1.5" Tri-Clamp (TC) connection for secure, hygienic installation.
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A sampling valve is a critical tool in breweries, designed to extract liquid samples from tanks at various stages of the brewing process. Whether it’s for testing the fermentation process, analyzing the flavor profile, or checking for contaminants, the sampling valve ensures brewers get a representative sample from the brew without disrupting the production flow.
Key features of a good sampling valve include:
Sterility: It prevents contamination of the sample and the tank.
Ease of use: A well-designed valve allows for smooth operation, minimizing the chance of air entering the system.
Durability: Stainless steel construction ensures it can withstand the harsh conditions inside a brewery.
This is where the defoaming pigtail comes in. Foam is a natural occurrence during beer sampling due to the release of CO2 when the pressure in the tank is reduced. Excessive foam can lead to inaccurate measurements and wasted time as brewers wait for the foam to settle.
A defoaming pigtail—a coiled extension attached to the sampling valve—helps reduce the formation of foam during the sampling process. The coiled design increases the surface area for the beer to flow through, allowing the CO2 to escape gradually and reducing foam significantly.
| Parameter | Specification |
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| Product Name | Sanitary Sampling Valve with Defoaming Pigtail (Sampling Coil) |
| Material Grade | SS304 Stainless Steel (Food & Beverage Grade) |
| Connection Type | 1.5" Tri-Clamp (TC1.5) |
| Included Components | 1x Rotary Sampling Valve, 1x Defoaming Coil (Pigtail) |
| Design Feature | Coiled tube reduces fluid velocity to prevent CO2 breakout and foaming |
| Hygiene Level | Contamination-free, fully CIP cleanable |
| Primary Application | Beer brewing (Fermenters, Brite Tanks), kombucha, cider, and carbonated beverages |
Pressure Reduction & CO2 Control
When you open a standard sampling valve on a pressurized tank, the beer shoots out rapidly. The sudden drop in pressure causes the dissolved CO2 to break out of the liquid violently, leaving you with a cup full of foam and no actual beer to test with your hydrometer. The defoaming pigtail forces the beer to travel through a long, narrow coiled tube. This creates friction, which slows down the flow rate and allows the CO2 to escape gently. By the time the beer exits the coil, it pours as a clean, liquid sample.
Immediate Rinsing: After taking a sample, it is critical to flush the valve and the coil with hot water or a brewery-approved sanitizer immediately to prevent yeast or sugars from drying inside the narrow tube.
Sterility: Manufactured from polished SS304, our sampling valve is designed without internal dead legs, ensuring that sterilizing liquids completely flush the system, preventing any contamination from entering the main tank during the next sampling.
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