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I am seriously considering buying one of these and selling all of my existing equipment. Mostly, just for the convenience and space savings. If the people who already have this could keep us all posted on the good and bad of the system, it would be appreciated. It already looks like an auxillary...

Has anybody purchased and used the new gaskets yet ? If so, did they work OK ? Personally, I have been using teflon tape on the threads where the lid attaches for the past few batches but would like to get away from doing that and just being able to use gaskets.

After having made 2 batches in this fermenter, the one improvement I would like to see is a valve of some kind in the body of the fermenter above where the trub/yeast collects. This could be used to draw samples easily during fermentation so the specific gravity can be checked easily without...

Kegged my first batch from this fermenter the other day, a Bourbon Vanilla Porter. Kegging is very easy and the fermenter performed well. It was very easy to clean up. I was able to wash and harvest my yeast with little problem although the first ball of mostly trub was kind of hard to get out...

Couple of questions about this. I am not sure how many times you continue dumping the trub. Am I supposed to be able to see the trub in the bottom of the fermenter or do I just keep dumping until the ball is full of clear beer ? When I am going to do a secondary fermentation, when I...

Did you seal the threads on top with teflon tape ?

I am going to attach the brackets they sent up around 50 inches or so. Remove the fermenter from the stand, place it on the brackets and drain into a keg

I am getting ready to start my first brew using this fermenter tomorrow. It's a Bourbon Vanilla Porter so I have to do both a first and second because the vanilla bean gets added in the secondary. How much beer will be lost into the collection ball if I use it during both fermentations ? The...