Recent content by RomanKobalt

A follow-up on this: I never got an acceptable resolution from either the merchant I bought it from or from Anvil (i.e., Blichmann). The customer service of the merchant is not the subject of this thread (and I won't elaborate further), but I believe the complete lack of response from...

Thank you Schlenkerla.

I went ahead and got some pictures. The first one shows the noticeable roughness looking down in, and the second I highlighted the pitting.

I'm positive they are not your typical buffing marks. I can get my fingernails stuck in them. Regardless, there is pitting everywhere in the marks, which is probably what they were trying to get rid of (or cover up?)

I hate to be that new guy whose first post is a rant, but this thread always pops up at the top of searches about Anvil fermenters. I just received mine, and straight from the factory there is a 1 inch wide band of really rough machining marks in the inside wall running along above the bottom...