Chronical Fermenter by SS Brewing Technologies

[ostrtj99]

I wish someone had one already. The dimension specs say it is 21" tall and 13" wide. My fermentation fridge is only 12" at the bottom due to the hump in the back from the compressor. It does look like the bucket tapers slightly so I'm hoping it will fit. I'll post full dimensions once I get it for others.

 

[stompbox]

anyone order their corny keg?

I don't like this idea: "Also features concave bottom which allows yeast to settle out on the sides of the keg and not in the middle where the dip tube intakes beer!!! "

You don't want your beer to be sitting on yeast/hop/trub while in the keg. I look forward to the first pint of muck everytime I tap a keg just b/c I know it is finally out of contact with the beer.

 

[smccarter]

The brew bucket looks really interesting. The only problem I would have is that the freezer I'm using would only be able to hold 1 at a time - too wide. I can fit 2 glass carboys in the freezer without any problem. But for $175 I have to say that I'm very interested. A nice looking piece of brewing equipment, and a step up from glass carboys.

 

[limulus]

Just got an email tonight asking to confirm paypal account email. I'll let everyone know when I get the brew bucket.

Maybe I'll get an email soon. I didn't really like the way they are drawing names instead of first come first served. Let us know how they look. I'm sure they'll,be on the thin side, but for the money, I have to try one.

 

[fpweeks]

It's probably their way of hiding the fact that their inventory is 2/week

 

[walter12]

I have a brew bucket. Couldn't be happier with it. Fits perfectly in my freezer/fermentation chest. I believe it is 21' high, but remember that is without an airlock. It is 13' in diameter

 

[Hello]

I don't like this idea: "Also features concave bottom which allows yeast to settle out on the sides of the keg and not in the middle where the dip tube intakes beer!!! "

You don't want your beer to be sitting on yeast/hop/trub while in the keg. I look forward to the first pint of muck everytime I tap a keg just b/c I know it is finally out of contact with the beer.

Right but if you rack to the keg and avoid the trub then is it still a poor design?

 

[limulus]

I have a brew bucket. Couldn't be happier with it. Fits perfectly in my freezer/fermentation chest. I believe it is 21' high, but remember that is without an airlock. It is 13' in diameter

Thanks walter 12. Even if you are ligit, you are going to get called out on the fact that you have been a member since Dec, 2011 and this is your first post. A photo of the brew bucket inside your fermentation chest would be nice.

 

[stompbox]

Right but if you rack to the keg and avoid the trub then is it still a poor design?

In my opinion...... Yes.

I generally only make stouts or hopped up IPAs. Maybe there are some pro autosiphoners on here but i cannot avoid sucking up dryhops or trub/yeast o save my life.

Why buy a new keg that makes your beer sit on sediment when you can buy a new one with a concave in the center to get it all out in the first pint or two for the same price? Just does not make sense, it also prevents you from sucking it dry.

 

[grathan]

They are $99 shipped though for a new keg....


Then again. None to be had though.

 

[Hello]

In my opinion...... Yes. I generally only make stouts or hopped up IPAs. Maybe there are some pro autosiphoners on here but i cannot avoid sucking up dryhops or trub/yeast o save my life. Why buy a new keg that makes your beer sit on sediment when you can buy a new one with a concave in the center to get it all out in the first pint or two for the same price? Just does not make sense, it also prevents you from sucking it dry.

I guess I don't understand the design. I thought the concave prevented you from sitting the beer on the trub or is it the other way around?

 

[rossi46]

They are $99 shipped though for a new keg....

Then again. None to be had though.

Keg Outlet has them, at least the website will let you go through checkout.

 

[stompbox]

I guess I don't understand the design. I thought the concave prevented you from sitting the beer on the trub or is it the other way around?

Their site says the bottom of concave/ yeast settles on the sides.

In order for yeast to settle on the sides, their has to be a high point in the middle. In other words, complete oposite design from all other corney kegs out there.

That is my interpretation, then again there are no photos or sketches of the inside it.

 

[stompbox]

They are $99 shipped though for a new keg....

Then again. None to be had though.

This where i got mine from. Very fast shipping and awesome kegs. I was very happy with the purchase. I should sell 4 old kegs just to buy two more new ones.

http://www.bvrgelements.com/product/NEW-5-Gallon-Keg-2-Pack-Ball-Lock/

 

[fpweeks]

Those look like a goo deal......the kegs from bev elements I mean. Are they china made?

 

[srice]

sub'd

 

[walter12]

Not sure why posting the dimensions of a product I just purchased would bring my legitimacy into question, but here are the photos

 

[grathan]

That's neat. Do they offer free shipping on the bucket as well? btw 2011 is odd to wait to post something.

 

[prohl84]

Thanks walter 12. Even if you are ligit, you are going to get called out on the fact that you have been a member since Dec, 2011 and this is your first post. A photo of the brew bucket inside your fermentation chest would be nice.

That was a polite way of saying exactly what was thinking. Though I do prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Not sure why posting the dimensions of a product I just purchased would bring my legitimacy into question, but here are the photos

Often when a first post is positive feedback on a product/ vendor in question
that post is either from said vendor or their shill. It's unfortunate that it happens because it calls into legitimacy first posts from actual people like you.

That bucket sure do look purrty!

Why did you take so long to say hello?

 

[limulus]

That was a polite way of saying exactly what was thinking. Though I do prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt.



Often when a first post is positive feedback on a product/ vendor in question
that post is either from said vendor or their shill. It's unfortunate that it happens because it calls into legitimacy first posts from actual people like you.

That bucket sure do look purrty!

Why did you take so long to say hello?

Yep, I did not intend to offend. It is just one of those things on these forums. Thanks for the pics, it looks pretty nice. Once you have more experience with it, please let us know. Meanwhile, I'll wait until my name is pulled to buy one.

 

[Acrospire]

I wish I would have heard about this company before I bought my Blichmann conical. They are nice, but expensive!

 

[limulus]

Received another email about a new shipment arriving. But, as of today, I have still not been selected to buy one. That's kind of a pisser since I've been on the list for well over a month. Since they are randomly drawing names, a guy who signed up yesterday could be selected today. But I won't go and start crying about "fairness".

 

[GoodDogShelby]

I don't know about fairness, but it is certainly frustrating. They made it sound like they were doing something nice for those that signed up early by giving us a chance to get some of the first units sold. The reality is that it didn't really matter. I just think it's crappy to get your customers' hopes up for nothing.

MoreBeer does a better job with the Speidels when they come in. Put your name on the list, they do a blanket email when they get in stock, first come first serve until they run out.

 

[grathan]

They had a picture in the email showing the shipment. It had like 9 boxes on a pallet. They also said the number of people on the list was 4 digits long. It might be a while..

 

[jfrizzell]

Over 1000 people on the waiting list? Holy wow!

 

[prohl84]

So if the list is exactly 1000 people long and they (hypothetically) ship 12/ wk. assuming the list could not get longer- you're waiting 83.3 weeks if you're part of the last shipment.

So much for that. How could they not do FCFS on a list that long.... a raffle system is rather insulting. If I had paid already I would probably ask for my money back at this point.

 

[GoodDogShelby]

Where did you get the 12 per week from? I don't recall seeing that.

 

[SpikeBrewing]

1000 people on the waiting list; not paid up. Much easier to sign up for an email than bust out the credit card.

 

[prohl84]

Where did you get the 12 per week from? I don't recall seeing that.

That's what the hypothetically in parenthesis meant. If they ship 9 per as grathan apparently saw in a pic then it would be a whole 111 weeks. I can barely wait 2 weeks for a new fermenter let alone 2 years.

Also I forgot that people haven't paid yet.... thus the confirmation emails... dirp.

 

[limulus]

Just to set the record straight for those who are not on the list. I have pasted the exact email I received from them Nov 17.

"As you can see, we got some more Brew Buckets. And yes, we got more than one pallet - this was just one that I happened to catch on the lift gate of the truck the other day. We'll be drawing some new names this week and sending out emails to those folks with instructions as to how we'll process their order (Paypal only for now).

We just wrapped up another batch of orders and shipments from last week. So YES, we are making progress, but we are getting nearly as many new people on the "back in stock" notification list every week as we are getting new freight in here. There seems to be no slowdown from brewers that want to get their hands on one of these!

Just reminder to all - we are a newish company that is all about passion for the product, the quality of the product, and giving you brewers a good deal on something with lasting value in your home brew op ! We aren't yet on the scale of an Amazon.com and we can't make thousands of Buckets appear magically (that would be cool though...!) And yes, we have literally 4 digits worth of folks that have told us they want a Bucket and signed up. Please be patient with us here and trust that we are doing what we can to make more product available ASAP. There are bunches of happy folks getting Buckets this week (their names come up in lottery last week), so next week or the week after it might be you! Hang tough and keep the faith!

For those of you new to the Back in Stock list please read this (those of you who got prior mails, you can stop reading now): Due to limitations of our ecommerce platform and the "Back in Stock" tool that manages the master list of people that have expressed interest in buying a Bucket, we just simply can't run this Brew Bucket through our normal shopping cart at Shopify. So until we can get caught up with enough inventory to cover ALL the backlogged demand for product, the ONLY way for the time being we can rationally do this is we are picking names at random off the "back in stock" list as stock is available and then processing a Paypal transaction for those folks as they get notified. If you are reading this email , you are on "the list". So don't worry about that...

This ensures that if you hear from us and we request confirmation of your Paypal account email address, that means we have a unit for you. We aren't taking thousands of peoples' payments and sitting on their money. Instead as units come available, we are drawing random names off our list and notifying people and telling them we have a unit and asking for payment via Paypal. We believe this is a fair and stand up way to do business until things "normalize" a little with inventory and demand.

Thanks again for your interest in our stuff. We have a LOT more stainless steel product ideas up our sleeves and we'll be rolling out more cool stuff in 2014 and beyond!"