Conical or regular fermentors of 600+ liters?

[lauran_brew]

Hi,

Soon I am opening my own little craft brewery. Sold all of my old equipment and I am getting new equipment and fermentors. The one thing that bugs me is, are conical fermentors really worth it? Around here (Central Europe), conical fermentors are really expensive, and I am thinking that I should maybe invest in regular ones and boost my already modest capacity?

Any advice for a homebrewer going professional are welcome.
My brewing capacity is gonna be 500 liters of finished beer per brew, and planned fermentor size is 1000 l plus headspace. Startup costs aren't small.

 

[augiedoggy]

Hi,

Soon I am opening my own little craft brewery. Sold all of my old equipment and I am getting new equipment and fermentors. The one thing that bugs me is, are conical fermentors really worth it? Around here (Central Europe), conical fermentors are really expensive, and I am thinking that I should maybe invest in regular ones and boost my already modest capacity?

Any advice for a homebrewer going professional are welcome.
My brewing capacity is gonna be 500 liters of finished beer per brew, and planned fermentor size is 1000 l plus headspace. Startup costs aren't small.

a "regular" fermenter is a conical fermenter in any situation but a homebrewing environment.
That said you can use giant plastic food grade bins its just going to be a little more work and you wont be able to harvest yeast during a fermentation cycle for another batch like you could with a conical... also depending on the style of beer your making and how picky you are you might want to transfer to secondary fermenters instead of dumping the trub and dead yeast from the conical.

I am looking at using the large plastic conical tanks sold for agricultural purposes myself.
a stainless conical is ideal but expensive... much longer lived and easier to clean and prevent scratches and other defects but my plan is to invest the profits into buying better equipment down the road.