Home Brewing Tools : Home-Brewing Conical Fermentation Vessels

[x2wdtoyotax]

I use a MiniBrew Plastic conical fermenter... $170. I love it. Easy to use. I can harvest my yeast for reuse, I never rack to a secondary or bottling bucket and my beer turns out great.

[kesakhan]

honestly, the only advantage of a conical fementor is its ease to clean, the bullshit about letting the crud settle is easily achieved with any run on the mill fermentor and a skilled syphoner, or better yet get a coopers kit and use their fermentor that has a gap tat allows for the yeast cake.

[jaybrinks]

I make Crystal clear beer in my plastic buckets and glass carboys. Yeast selection, and temperature are my keys to clear beer.This would be cool for collecting yeast...but I need to be much richer to justify the money.

[obliviousdreamer]

expert village blows nuts

[klause222]

Amen!

[Homebrew58]

You can get very clear beer using a glass or even plastic bucket fermenter without racking or doing a secondary fermentation. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to sell you something.

[ethans83]

True, but the issue isn't with the capability to produce clear beer. You can get consistently clear beer with either. There are multiple reasons why conical fermenters are better, though. 1. You don't have to siphon the beer to remove it from the trub (less siphoning=less chance for infection, reduced need to sanitize, etc.), 2. Easier to clean, less equipment needed (no secondary carboys are required per batch), 3. Easier to bottle/keg. Now, if it's worth the money, that's a different issue

[matthighlife]

It would take many bottles drank to pay for that P.O.S.