Chronical Fermenter by SS Brewing Technologies

[BadWolfBrewing]

I don't think they can be made in America for that cheap. I would like to be proven wrong though.

 

[Schumed]

all 304 stainless comes from China...even blichmann...they might put together in the US but the stainless all comes from China...deal with it

 

[wilconrad]

Right...so I'm still curious...why are people falling all over themselves to get these things when Stout has a very similar product for less, in stock?


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[Danam404]

Right...so I'm still curious...why are people falling all over themselves to get these things when Stout has a very similar product for less, in stock?


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It's not really for less when you look at the capacities..

 

[wilconrad]

It's not really for less when you look at the capacities..

Stout 7.3gal: $329 + ~$30 shipping
Chronical 7 gal: $395


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[Danam404]

Stout 7.3gal: $329 + ~$30 shipping
Chronical 7 gal: $395


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Yeah for the ridiculous looking screw down clamp monstrosity they sell. Their nicer units that would be more comparable to the SS are $100 more.

Stout makes good stuff, not saying ones better than the other, but you asked why.

 

[wilconrad]

Yeah for the ridiculous looking screw down clamp monstrosity they sell. Their nicer units that would be more comparable to the SS are $100 more.



Stout makes good stuff, not saying ones better than the other, but you asked why.

Haha, ok, fair enough


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[Oceantendency]

Further evidence, here's a pic from the SS Brewtech website. That language on the wall ain't 'merican. (see red arrow)

LOL,
seems they removed this pic along with Made in the USA line under each Product. mmmmm, I know they have a whole bunch of Asians in Irvine since my wife's Japanese side is mostly in the Irvine Buena Park area, but...man that's not cool. I knew the materials came from China, but thought from there wording it was at least welded and assembled here in the US..now I'm getting a bit pissed about my order since it was supposedly shipped on Tues and still no conical...I can drive to Irvine in about an hour from where I live, yet FEDEX said est ship from Temecula on 5/6? WTH would you send to Temecula from Irvine then to Vista when that's more shipping and Carlsbad FEDEX is less than 4 miles from my house? aww man, it better arrive soon.

 

[TVHABrewguy]

Their shipping warehouse is in Temecula. That I do know. Not sure how Irvine got thrown in there.


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[Doctor_M]

LOL,
seems they removed this pic along with Made in the USA line under each Product. mmmmm, I know they have a whole bunch of Asians in Irvine since my wife's Japanese side is mostly in the Irvine Buena Park area, but...man that's not cool. I knew the materials came from China, but thought from there wording it was at least welded and assembled here in the US..now I'm getting a bit pissed about my order since it was supposedly shipped on Tues and still no conical...I can drive to Irvine in about an hour from where I live, yet FEDEX said est ship from Temecula on 5/6? WTH would you send to Temecula from Irvine then to Vista when that's more shipping and Carlsbad FEDEX is less than 4 miles from my house? aww man, it better arrive soon.

I understand the whole buying usa made thing... I practice it as much as possible as well. With that being said I wouldn't stress about the whole shipping thing... it's not their fault sometimes shipping companies do weird **** and from all the posts (there's a lot of them between this thread and others) I'm sure your conical will be fine... and if it's not their customer service so far has been beyond good. Still sucks its not USA made but you live and you learn right

 

[Doctor_M]

LOL,
seems they removed this pic along with Made in the USA line under each Product. mmmmm, I know they have a whole bunch of Asians in Irvine since my wife's Japanese side is mostly in the Irvine Buena Park area, but...man that's not cool. I knew the materials came from China, but thought from there wording it was at least welded and assembled here in the US..now I'm getting a bit pissed about my order since it was supposedly shipped on Tues and still no conical...I can drive to Irvine in about an hour from where I live, yet FEDEX said est ship from Temecula on 5/6? WTH would you send to Temecula from Irvine then to Vista when that's more shipping and Carlsbad FEDEX is less than 4 miles from my house? aww man, it better arrive soon.

Btw I think iirc correctly the picture you saw said it was ENGINEERED in the USA... and made in china. Seems to be a relatively common sales pitch these days.

 

[FastDogBrewing]

Btw I think iirc correctly the picture you saw said it was ENGINEERED in the USA... and made in china. Seems to be a relatively common sales pitch these days.

Unfortunately there are very few companies that actually manufacture SS anything in the states anymore. Those that do, buy their SS raw from China. Some high end aerospace SS is supplied by US companies, but there are very few Homebrewers that could afford that and very few of them would be willing to.

Hopefully that will change in the future, but it's not not realistic to expect your Homebrew equipment to be made in the US.


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[Doctor_M]

Unfortunately there are very few companies that actually manufacture SS anything in the states anymore. Those that do, buy their SS raw from China. Some high end aerospace SS is supplied by US companies, but there are very few Homebrewers that could afford that and very few of them would be willing to.

Hopefully that will change in the future, but it's not not realistic to expect your Homebrew equipment to be made in the US.


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Www.Brewhemoth.com

 

[Oceantendency]

Their shipping warehouse is in Temecula. That I do know. Not sure how Irvine got thrown in there.


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Well their address is Irvine on the website, so I guess that would be the concern...Hell they could've asked, Temecula is only about 35 min away, could've picked the darn thing up and save on waiting for shipping, lol !

 

[Oceantendency]

Unfortunately there are very few companies that actually manufacture SS anything in the states anymore.

Hopefully that will change in the future, but it's not not realistic to expect your Homebrew equipment to be made in the US.


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Well it's a bummer, but as we know, most things are made in China, so like you hoping for more things to change to bring back the ole Made in the USA label again.

 

[BYOB]

Got mine today I noticed theirs not silt on the inside that has to wiped down like the Brew Buckets. Look like it should last a very long time..Just need more....more and more of everything!!

 

[Umpy]

Got mine today I noticed theirs not silt on the inside that has to wiped down like the Brew Buckets. Look like it should last a very long time..Just need more....more and more of everything!!

If you don't mind me asking BYOB, when did your's ship? I'm in Nebraska also and my Fedex status has been sitting at "initiated shipment information sent" since Tuesday.

 

[BYOB]

Umpy it shipped out on the 6th. Hmm youd think you would get yours today also since they probably rode in the same truck at some point.

 

[Umpy]

Umpy it shipped out on the 6th. Hmm youd think you would get yours today also since they probably rode in the same truck at some point.

That's kind a what I was afraid of.

 

[Alt]

Today, FedEx changed the status on mine to "in possession." Ss hit the date estimated when I placed the order; can't fault them on that.
..I am expecting that I should receive it on Monday.

 

[Oceantendency]

I received a few emails from them, even though I was ticked about them shipping from Temecula to Bloomington then to San Diego, instead of just straight from Tem to Carlsbad, they made darn sure to follow up and a few other emails to make sure I'm happy, but here's portions of a couple :
"Our stated ship window from the beginning was through Friday the 9th, and that is indeed when we ended up shipping. We got our freight late (due to no fault of our own) and it takes time to process , inspect, kit, and fire out everything …As for the false alarm with Fedex / fulfillment, that was a function of how we process shipping labels and how we close out open labels in Shopify as "fulfilled" … But the unit ships when the unit ships – the labels were run on like Tues"

separate email: "Hope you enjoy the fermenter ... sorry for any disappointment... we are doing best we can as fast as we can... but we don't want to slam things out the door without checking things out properly first...we do that for many good reasons..."

So whatever criticism I gave them, I take back after their follow up. Seems like they really care about their products and customer service.

Skipping out early so I can brew my Honey Nelson Saison this evening, the anxiety is killing me, cause it'll just barely make the mark for the Karl Strauss Brew contest with bottles due by May 31 and judging on the 2nd.

 

[SpikeBrewing]

Unfortunately there are very few companies that actually manufacture SS anything in the states anymore. Those that do, buy their SS raw from China. Some high end aerospace SS is supplied by US companies, but there are very few Homebrewers that could afford that and very few of them would be willing to.

Hopefully that will change in the future, but it's not not realistic to expect your Homebrew equipment to be made in the US.

Not to hijack the thread but there are a couple companies out there the make their conicals here in the USA. BrewHemoth is one and same with us. US labor and US stainless steel :rockin:

 

[tdbc2011]

I received my third 7-gallon conical today. I have been very pleased so far.

 

[Oceantendency]

I received my third 7-gallon conical today. I have been very pleased so far.

Have you or has anyone ever had any problems with the gasket for the cover? I removed mine to clean and sanitize, and the lil mother trucker keeps popping out. It's a hair too big, even starsan didn't help and pretty sure it shouldn't take 2 sets of hands working the gasket back in to only pop back out if it was the right size. I even had my wife who was a chemist and lab sales rep, couldn't get it to resit without popping out. I had it, put it back on the fermentor, but when I removed the cover to pitch my yeast, damn thing just popped out again. So frustrating, I hope I didn't ruin my batch of Honey Nelson Saison since I couldn't get it back on, so just put the gasket on top and clamped down and covered with foil, keeping fingers crossed

 

[tdbc2011]

Have you or has anyone ever had any problems with the gasket for the cover? I removed mine to clean and sanitize, and the lil mother trucker keeps popping out. It's a hair too big, even starsan didn't help and pretty sure it shouldn't take 2 sets of hands working the gasket back in to only pop back out if it was the right size. I even had my wife who was a chemist and lab sales rep, couldn't get it to resit without popping out. I had it, put it back on the fermentor, but when I removed the cover to pitch my yeast, damn thing just popped out again. So frustrating, I hope I didn't ruin my batch of Honey Nelson Saison since I couldn't get it back on, so just put the gasket on top and clamped down and covered with foil, keeping fingers crossed

I have not had that problem yet. I have removed the gaskets on both of the others to clean and once again when I dropped the lid. The gaskets do appear to be too large but fit when seated.

 

[TVHABrewguy]

Never had that issue with mine


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[Oceantendency]

Well, once again they followed up. They even tested 10 lids and gaskets to make sure it just wasn't an isolated incident. Here are 2 links about how to and how not to reinstall the gasket. Even though I had tried both methods, they're still sending me a replacement cover and gasket for good measure.

http://www.ssbrewtech.com/apps/answ...hronical-seems-like-it-is-too-big-for-the-lid

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnabaJiZRds[/ame]

 

[Danam404]

Got my Half Barrel today. Preordered through keg outlet (great company). Big picture, I'm pretty pleased. Only thing is they welded the thermo-well in off-center from the racking port and acid etched SS logo. It shouldn't effect function but it just looks shoddy. Can't decide if I want to exchange it or just suck it up and deal with it.

 

[SavoryChef]

Got my Half Barrel today. Preordered through keg outlet (great company). Big picture, I'm pretty pleased. Only thing is they welded the thermo-well in off-center from the racking port and acid etched SS logo. It shouldn't effect function but it just looks shoddy. Can't decide if I want to exchange it or just suck it up and deal with it.

Do you think you could ferment a 5.5 gallon batch in these without too much loss to get 5 gallons into a keg?

 

[FastDogBrewing]

Do you think you could ferment a 5.5 gallon batch in these without too much loss to get 5 gallons into a keg?

1/2 a gallon isn't very much overhead. Most 5 gallon batches I brew I lose at least that in the trub/yeast cake. But it could be done. You hurt need to figure out your process using the equipment you have. Nothing is impossible.


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