My new conical fermenter!

[noodle23]

Brand new 7.5gallon fermenter. Ebay buy $350, shipped. Looked it over really good quality steel and ball valves. Im really excited to use it this weekend when I do my California common.

 

[weirdboy]

What are the dimensions on it?

 

[noodle23]

The whole unit is 36ft tall by 16ft wide. The fermentation chamber is 24ft deep and about 12ft wide. Rough estimates.

 

[weirdboy]

36 feet by 16 feet? OMG you must work for AB.

 

[Xaphoeous]

7.5 gallons my ass...36ft tall and 16ft wide has gotta hold about 17 gajillion gallons!

 

[noodle23]

Lol i am an idiot. Inches clearly. Lol

 

[Xaphoeous]

Very nice though...I have about 7.5 gallons of envy right now. DO WANT!

 

[Redbeard5289]

Noodle23

If you find yourself completely dissatisfied with it you can send it my way. I'll recycle it for you. Heck I will even be gracious and pay for shipping.
Just helping a fellow brewer out ;-) hee hee hee

Redbeard5289

 

[lou2row]

beautiful piece of equipment dude.

 

[Marauder777]

I've got the 14.5 gallon one.... first use was last Saturday. For the life of me, I could not get the ball valves taken apart for cleaning.

Have you had any issue?

 

[noodle23]

Haven't gotten there with it yet. I will let u know when I do.

 

[dedhedjed]

I have one of those as well, and use it for every batch of my Common that I make...Harvesting large amounts of lager yeast is awesome and saves a lot of money.

 

[noodle23]

That's the part I have to learn is saving the yeast or at least brush up.

 

[jvcjbl]

How are you planning on controller the temperature of the fermentation with this big conical?

 

[dedhedjed]

That's the part I have to learn is saving the yeast or at least brush up.

It's really easy, and using a conical makes it easier than a carboy or bucket. Check out the Yeast Washing Illustrated thread for a refresher on the washing/saving process...

 

[noodle23]

How are you planning on controller the temperature of the fermentation with this big conical?

I think my brew belt may work for now. cross fingers. But I'm going to look into some other methods soon. My basement stays at about 62 at all times so.... any suggestions?