^its very common.
i rolled up some thing cardboard and shimmed the hooks. this created a tighter seal and it functions as it should now
yeah - i was bummed as well. does my little trick make sense? it works pretty good and i could post pics if needed. i still love the bucket though and the wimpy seal doesn't bother me.
some folks say that putting the gasket in upside down works as well.
good luck
I'd be pissed for that price. The fixing it wouldn't bother me if it was like $80
do you even homebrew? $80 for that much stainless is laughable
i guess you could just choose from the many other stainless fermenters in this price range.... oh wait...
people seriously need to stop crying about the price of these units. they are a ground breaking product the market has been wanting for a long time. they are a great value in my experience and would buy them again.
we all know they're made in china and for the price we are paying are not expecting something like you'd get from sabco or portland kettle works. the customer service from these guys is TOP NOTCH as well.
sorry to rant on you bro but these are great products and people are giving them a bad rap for no good reason
Homebrewers tend to be a cheap group.
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yet another stereotype/generalization. i've seen more bling around here than almost any other forum i frequent
good thing you saved so much coin on that ipad though....
I'm not cheap.
It's an interesting thing about Homebrewers. Some things they will spend on with reckless abandon, but others the tighten up like a hipsters skinny jeans.
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^its very common.
i rolled up some thing cardboard and shimmed the hooks. this created a tighter seal and it functions as it should now
yeah - i was bummed as well. does my little trick make sense? it works pretty good and i could post pics if needed. i still love the bucket though and the wimpy seal doesn't bother me.
some folks say that putting the gasket in upside down works as well.
good luck
Anyone have any problems with gas escaping the lid rather than through the blow-hole? I've got a blowoff tube setup through a 3-piece bubbler and I can smell the ferm gases in the fridge, but there's no bubbles coming through the blowoff bucket. With the amount of keg lube that i have around the blowoff tube and that crappy stopper, there's no way the gas is getting out from there only thing i can think of is that the lid isn't sealing properly
Anyone else?
Moby
I don't understand why I'm getting so much trub that it covers the spigot.
do you even homebrew? $80 for that much stainless is laughable
i guess you could just choose from the many other stainless fermenters in this price range.... oh wait...
people seriously need to stop crying about the price of these units. they are a ground breaking product the market has been wanting for a long time. they are a great value in my experience and would buy them again.
we all know they're made in china and for the price we are paying are not expecting something like you'd get from sabco or portland kettle works. the customer service from these guys is TOP NOTCH as well.
sorry to rant on you bro but these are great products and people are giving them a bad rap for no good reason
I'm leaving 85% of it behind for sure. Even the yeast is usually above the spigot. I don't add more yeast than I need, at least not according to yeastcalc but as I said, it's not a big deal, just a small peeve of mine so far. I just had to find something wrong with it.When transferring your wort from the boil kettle to the fermenter are you leaving the trub behind in the kettle? Or are you just dumping everything from the kettle?
I'm leaving 85% of it behind for sure. Even the yeast is usually above the spigot. I don't add more yeast than I need, at least not according to yeastcalc but as I said, it's not a big deal, just a small peeve of mine so far. I just had to find something wrong with it.
I so wanted one of these. I bought one and the stainless was pitted inside. The replacement had a dent in it (no apparent damage to the box) so I gave up. I was pretty disappointed...
I'm leaving 85% of it behind for sure. Even the yeast is usually above the spigot. I don't add more yeast than I need, at least not according to yeastcalc but as I said, it's not a big deal, just a small peeve of mine so far. I just had to find something wrong with it.
I definitely let the fermenter sit a day or so before kegging but the inside arm is still mostly covered with yeast.One thing I do (and did with previous fermenters too) is that I put my fermenter on top of counter (or where ever you plan to put it for kegging/transfer) about 2-3 days beforehand. That way it is sitting in place, without being disturbed for a couple days before transfer. Moving it around, lifting, etc. can kick up a lot of sediment.
I generally don't cold crash and get pretty clean to totally clear beer straight out of the primary and into the keg.
The only time I generally have some problems is when I have really highly hopped beers - like 4-6 ounces throughout the boil, 4-6 ounces in whirlpool and another 4-6 ounces dry hop ...... that is the only time I tend to get some debris in the transfer.
Photo of pitting attached as requested by a previous poster. I have some guys in my club that love these too. I pretty much always get defective products, so I wouldn't take my experience as a typical example.
Umm, I'm not really looking to get into anything here. I bought a new product, which I expect to be free from defect. I gave them two shots. I'm glad you're having a positive experience. I didn't, unfortunately. This is a thread for sharing experiences with the product. I simply shared my experience.
"Cool factor" aside, are these really worth $225 over a bucket with a spigot?
I use/used bottling buckets for fermenting exclusively for years...... They work great. I bought a couple SS buckets on first release for the cheaper price. I liked them and bought two more for a more expensive price a couple months later. I am happy with them. Glad I bought them. I still use bottling buckets too if I have more than 4 beers going.
Are they "worth it"???? If it is not going to "put you out" to buy them..... sure.
To me I am happy I bought them. Now, I would not spend that money on the SS buckets instead of temperature control, or other aspects of brewing if it was a choice. But, I have everything else I need, and I had some money to spend on them.
They are easier to clean, they are obviously stainless instead of plastic which is a plus. The conical bottom drops sediment out better than it seemed to just settling in a bucket. The only thing that I still worry about with the SS bucket is the ball lock spigot..... I am really paranoid about cleaning it. PBW soak after every batch, starsan soak after and before every batch. Boil it every 3 batches or so...... I don't like things I cannot see inside of when it comes to cleaning/sanitizing.
Now, I would DEFINITELY buy 2-3 SS buckets before I would ever buy any of the more expensive stainless conical fermenters .... Almost bought one or two of those at one point - really glad I did not now that these came out.
Lots of good info here. Thanks!
I am just starting to get the necessary equipment needed for all-grain brewing. I've been doing extract for a while and want to move on to more elaborate all-grain setup.
Unfortunately, I don't have any sort of fridge to use as a fermentation chamber. I just sold my old dorm fridge kegerator to make room for the vintage fridge kegerator I just converted...but that'll be holding beer to serve rather than fermenting. I'll just be fermenting in the house at room temperature for now.
I would worry about that stuff first then. A plastic bucket in a temperature controlled setting will produce better beer (every time) than a SS bucket at random room temperature (especially if it is warm). Once you get the rest of your setup in place..... then revisit the SS bucket.
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