Tilting rack system

A bladder system for reducing a head space in a container of a beverage, the bladder system comprising:

• an inflation stem connected to a barrel bladder, the barrel bladder inflatable by filling with an inflation gas;
• the inflation stem anchored within a bung opening of the wooden container, the bung opening located proximate to an upper container surface of the wooden container;
• the inflation stem including an upper stem end and a lower stem end;
• an inflation port proximate to the upper stem end;
• a bladder port proximate to the lower stem end;
• a liquid level sensor for sensing a head height, the head height defined as a vertical distance between the upper container surface proximate to the bung opening and the liquid level beneath the bung opening, and the liquid level sensor sends a fill signal to a gas valve, when the head height is greater than a predetermined fill value;
• a gas valve opened when the fill signal is received from the liquid level sensor;
• and
• the barrel bladder inflated by a pressurized feed of the inflation gas routed through the gas valve, to reduce the head height within the wooden container.

A bladder system for reducing a head space in a container of a beverage, the bladder system comprising:

• an inflation stem connected to a barrel bladder, the barrel bladder inflatable by filling with an inflation gas;
• the inflation stem anchored within a bung opening of the wooden container, the bung opening located proximate to an upper container surface of the wooden container;
• the inflation stem including an upper stem end and a lower stem end;
• an inflation port proximate to the upper stem end;
• a bladder port proximate to the lower stem end;
• a liquid level sensor for sensing a head height, the head height defined as a vertical distance between the upper container surface and the liquid level beneath the upper container surface, and the liquid level sensor sends a fill signal to a gas valve, when the head height is greater than a predetermined fill value;
• a gas valve opened when the fill signal is received from the liquid level sensor;
• and
• the barrel bladder inflated by a pressurized feed of the inflation gas routed through the gas valve, to reduce the head height within the wooden container.