Wide Mouth Glass Fermentor

Just saw these on Northern brewer.

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/big-mouth-bubbler-6-5-gallon.html

What does everyone think of the idea? Looks good to Me.

 

I can't see why not. I wish there would have been follow through on the same idea for a PET version of the same that was promised a few years ago.

 

Ahh to be able to easily use whole hops for dryhopping in a carboy. I like it.

 

Saw those today flash across FB and thought the same thing. I just sold off all me glass and kept my plastic.

 

Just saw those a little while ago. Wish they had them two weeks ago when I ordered (2) of the normal 6.5 gallon carboys...

 

Any thoughts on doing an open fermentation with one of these bad boys.

 

How does you airlock it though? The co2 has to vent somehow

 

I would not see why you could not do something like that.

There is a rubber grommet whole on top, just like a bucket lid.

 

Subscribing.

 

Ahhh... no more struggling to get a fat bag of dry hops out of the neck!

 

The lid has a smaller opening that takes either a 5.5 drilled stopper with a traditional airlock, or there is an included 'airlock cap' (not sure how else to describe it) that threads onto the small opening. Then you put some liquid directly in the lid and that becomes your air lock.

It is a pretty nifty bit of engineering when you see it up close. I prefer to dry hop with whole cone hops when I can, so this will save a lot of messy clean up time.

 

Love it. If it was plastic, I'd switch.

 

If they made the opening a little larger, and in plastic, it would be called a bucket.

 

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=24749&catid=818
FDA food safe, plaalstic and half the price. the 40lb is 11 gallons

 

Did they ever fix the problems of the snap on lid not completely sealing and allowing air back in?

 

grrrrrr....me want

 

Ahhh gotcha. Thanks. I think i just found my new primary!

 

The only advantage I see is the whole leaf dry hopping already mentioned. For anyone who hasn't bought into the primary dry hop craze this thing is useless. If there were a five gallon version, it would have some value, but only in the case of whole leaf. For pellet hops I'd stick with the limited surface area of a full secondary carboy.



edit:
Whoops! Just noticed there is a five gallon version.

 

Thats badass!

 

Wouldnt the added benefit be ease in cleaning?

 

It'd def be easier to get brushes in to clean. Or hop sacks,etc out of. the regular small neck BB is a pain to get things in & out of.

 

What brush? Never had a krausen ring that wouldn't come off with an over night soak in oxiclean. Put in a gallon or two mixture of warm water and oxi, seal with foil and rubberbands, flip over in a bucket so the ring is covered, rinse the next morning, done!

 

LOL! In fact, at that price point, it could be called "three buckets".

 

That transluscent Vittles Vault is almost perfect. If it was clear, and didn't have so many crazy crevices in the lid, it'd be perfect.

 

What "bucket people" fail to realize is that some of us want perfectly clear fermenters because of their fermentation voyeurism. It has nothing to do with real benefits and you're not going to talk them into opaque or semi-opaque plastics.

 

The other advantage I see (at least for me) is that the dimensions are better for fridge fermentation, especially the height in my case.

At 17 5/8" H x 12 3/8" diameter vs 22x12 for a standard 6-gallon carboy, it would allow me enough headroom to run airlocks in my ferm fridge - right now I have to use blow-offs all the time, and getting the carboys in the fridge isn't easy.

MC

 

To be honest, I do miss watching the whole process. Still have a BB on hand, just don't like glass, to many have broken.

 

Man, ya crazy, man! I'm in agreement with Bobby. Would be nice to be able to clean my carboys with a rag instead of soaking them. Could scrub and get them cleaner without using so much water. I'd have to use a different method of siphoning, but that's not a big deal. I typically use the carboy caps and start the siphon by a blast of co2 to push the beer out. Would maybe pick up an autosiphon or something.

 

I would love to replace my buckets with these for sure.
I love my BB (aka bubblers) but recently and quite literally playing tug-o-war with a sack of coconut and marbles, I would love one of these in 5 gallon for secondary, at least.

 

Yes, I get that....but is it worth the 18,000 "is this infected" posts that pop up for YOU to be able to watch yeast porn?

PS, the humping banana is yeast, and no, he is not infected

 

Oh man I didn't realize these were glass! I think it's pretty awesome. I wish I could get one without the price of shipping

 

ordered one the other day. i'll post how it goes.

 

Have a few photos of that process? Seal with foil?

 

I have a glass carboy and two better bottles, yet I ferment in buckets specifically because I would otherwise sit and watch the yeast work all day.

 

That's easy. Just drive to Northern Brewer and pick one up in-store.

 

This is amazing.

 

I'm kind of curious if this would be any safer than a glass carboy in the case of breakage?

The advantage of being able to reach into it to clean it doesn't change the fact that you'd still have to pick the sudsy wet thing up to dump it out...

 

I transport my carboys in milk crates. No problems for years.

 

I'm in the glass camp. I have lots of nice buckets, and glass carboys. I like glass the best, but primary in buckets for ease of use. Now with these I could see my others would become long term aging vessels. Anyone know where these are made?