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A '''foeder''' (pronounced FOOD-er) is the Dutch word (originally "voeder" in Dutch, and perhaps changed by Rodenbach's French-speaking management to adopt the "f" from the French version, "foudre" <ref>[https://lostbeers.com/a-small-history-of-flemish-old-brown-and-red-1/#_edn12 Roel Mulder. "A small history of Flemish old brown (and red) – 1." 08/11/2020.]</ref>) for a large wooden barrel set vertically and vat used for either long term fermentation or primary fermentation. In Dutch, the synonym "vaten" is often used, which translates to English as "vat". The term "vat" is used in the United Kingdom. In Germany, the term is "bottichfass" (translates to "barrel" in English) or sometimes "holzbottichGroßefass" (translates to "big barrel"in English), which also translate is phonetically related to "wooden vat" in English or "vaten" in Dutch (note that "holzbottich" is the German word for open-top wooden vessels) <ref>Kunze, Wolfgang. "Technology: Brewing and Malting, Sixth Edition." 2019. Pgs 31,32.</ref><ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fes_Fass_des_Heidelberger_Schlosses Großes Fass des Heidelberger Schlosses. German Wikipedia. Retrieved 01/21/2020.]</ref><ref>Benedicht Koch. Private correspondence with Dan Pixley on the German word for "wooden vatfoeder". 01/18/2020.</ref>. It is written as "foudre" in French, or "foedre" by some American breweries (the word "foudre" in French more typically means "thunderbolt" <ref>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foudre Foudre. French Wikipedia. Retrieved 10/23/2019.]</ref>). A foeder can range in size from 600 to 1 million liters <ref>[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodenbach_(brouwerij) Dutch Wikipedia. Rodenbach (brouwerij). Retrieved 10/23/2019.]</ref><ref>[http://zythophile.co.uk/2019/10/18/do-you-gyle-your-ale-after-it-leaves-the-cooler-and-finishes-fermenting-in-the-vat-or-krausen-your-beer-post-coolship-when-its-run-out-of-the-foeder Martyn Cornell. Zythophile magazine. 10/18/2019. Retrieved 10/23/2019.]</ref><ref>[http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2019/05/runners-and-keepers.html Ron Pattenson. Shut Up About Barclay Perkins blog. 05/10/2019. Retrieved 10/23/2019.]</ref><ref>[https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/what-foeder Jim Dykstra. "What is a Foeder?". The Beer Connoisseur. 09/08/2016. Retrieved 10/23/2019.]</ref>.

* "As for the Foeders, you'll want to get the Foeder in place and swollen right away. Hot Liquor from your HLT will do the job. I really like to set up a CIP type loop. About 1 bbl of HLT liquor in the foeder then a loop with a spray ball up top in the foeder through the manway hole. Then we use a product called [http://www.birkocorp.com/brewery/products-for-brewery-winery-beverage-and-ethanol-production/ ACTO 140] sold by Berko Birko chems [Birko Chemicals]. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Editor update: dosage is 1-2 ounces per gallon of 140F water; typical exposure time is 15-30 minutes, and then rinse <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/posts/7339030769458407/ Reported communication with Dana Johnson by Nicki Sener. Milk The Funk Facebook group. 09/09/2023.]</ref>. See also [https://morewinemaking.com/products/sodium-percarbonate.html sodium percarbonate].<nowiki>*</nowiki> We loop that for about 30-60min. Then rinse with HLT liquor. Then if you can't purge with CO2 and fill with beer the next day we fill the Foeders up with potassium metabisulphite and citric acid. The rate is 2g of Kmeta and 1g of citric acid per litre of filtered water. Then keep this in the Foeder till you are ready to empty and fill with beer." - Chad Yakobson in an email to Brad Primozic; independently verified and approved for publication by Chad Yakobson in a private email with Dan Pixley <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1031076040253943/?comment_id=1031152530246294&offset=0&total_comments=18 Conversation with Brad Primozic on the Milk The Funk Facebook group. 3/5/2015.]</ref>.

Egg shaped foeders sit horizontally and are reminscient reminiscent of an egg shape. This has the benefit of taking advantage of vertical space, as well as limiting headspace moreso more so than traditional foeders <ref>[https://wwwdocs.facebookgoogle.com/groupsdocument/MilkTheFunkd/permalink/19910986475850061wRa2cgU2KOI5aGfATrQBZ_X99XTHOb6PjneKirhtRcI/ edit?usp=sharing Shane Stewart and Ryan Buxton. Milk the Funk Facebook gropu group post on egg shaped foeders. 02/16/2018.]</ref>.

* [httphttps://www.keystonefermentationsupply.com/foudres-new-reconditioned Keystone Fermentation Supply.]* [httphttps://www.foedersmith.com/ Foeder Smith (also has very small foeders for homebrewers).]* [https://www.facebook.com/Qcooperage/posts/3941138439266037 Quercus Cooperage (also has homebrew scale foeders].* [https://www.tonnelleriequintessence.fr/en/barrels/perle-pression.html?fbclid=IwAR00UFTm65ZeyAHSr3ITFGwREo5I7TksKpHuZAPHbGG0uy2Se9dNWkystw4 de-quintessence/ French Perle de Quintessence Pression (technically not a foeder).] See also [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/2348690708492463/ this MTF thread for reviews/discussion of this product].