Looking for good non-plastic fermenters

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Permalink Reply by Chris Banks on June 13, 2011 at 2:42pm

This is my 30L solution to the plastic and visibility problems and easy enough to clean - just upgraded to 12mm clear so can transfer under CO2 pressure also (havent drilled airlock/blowoff hole or dip tube hole in new top yet ) would be easy add a thermowell also....

Aaaah if only its bottom was conical !!

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Hugh Grierson on June 13, 2011 at 4:57pm

I don't think plastic is the problem, but the grade of plastic,if you are using plastic buckets you are probably drinking plasticisers, pigments and a few zeno estrogens .

Moobs and decresed sex drive anyone..?

I use  80L brewtec barrels, they can ferment 60L with room. The plastic is food and alcohol grade. I can taste plastics quite well, but never noticed any in my beer, and compared to vince's beer, (brewed in a very sexy tear drop glass fermentor ) can't notice a difference.

Good value at $ 85

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Permalink Reply by vdog on June 13, 2011 at 5:01pm

Where do you get those from Hugh? 80L would be great, I'm using 60's and it's not quite big enough.

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Permalink Reply by Ace on June 13, 2011 at 5:12pm

I've tried several high-grade food and alcohol-safe plastics, but unfortunately I can still taste them.  My wife thinks I'm crazy.

"tear drop glass fermentor"?  Sounds interesting.  Any idea where vince gets them?

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Permalink Reply by Hugh Grierson on June 13, 2011 at 6:38pm

The glass fermentor was one of those second hand random bargains from brewers CoOp, just luck really, they are really rare. The 80L fermentors are at all the brewtec shops.

Permalink Reply by martin w on June 13, 2011 at 6:33pm

i use 50l stainless kegs,i cat the top out of them like a keggle but i wish i hadn't done that now as i use gold pans for lids and the seal isn't the best, i didn't strap it down tight enough on one brew and fruit flies got in there!, if i were to redo them i would get the fermenter conversion kit from brewers hardware. as for cleaning them you can get various powders/dishwasher tablets etc that will dissolve all the crud and if you got really carried away you could make a cip head and hook it up to a pump!

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Permalink Reply by Horace on June 14, 2011 at 6:45am

You could try something like this seems like a relatively cheap way to convert a sanke keg for use as a fermenter

 

http://www.brewershardware.com/American-Sanke-Keg-Fermenter-Kit-wit...

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