New conical

[boo boo]

I got a new conical from these guys http://conical-fermenter.com/products/ which arrived yesterday.
Vice piece of work and the shipping was super fast. Can't wait to get a brew in there.

 

[pickles]

I'm looking and picking up two 14.5 gallon fermenters soon. Which one did you buy? I'm curious about the newer short oneswith wheels that they are selling. It appears the lid attaches with a lock ring.

 

[boo boo]

I got the 7.3 gallon one.

Gonna strip it down including the valves and give it a real good cleaning
and sanitization tonight.

 

[BlackTieBrewing]

I'm looking at getting a 14.5 gal, how much did shipping to Newfoundland cost you for the 7.3?

 

[Phoenix60]

I got my conical from ebay from a guy that presses and builds them himself. I was skeptical at first but it looks and works great. It has a built in thermometer. I liked it so much I bought another one. And I contacted him last week to see if he will be selling any more. He will have more Aug 1st. I forgot to mention that they are under $200 each including shipping.

 

[boo boo]

I'm looking at getting a 14.5 gal, how much did shipping to Newfoundland cost you for the 7.3?

$95 and don't forget customs. These are made in China not the US.
Customs was another $40

Still cheaper than the blichman.

Phoenix... less than $200 US with shipping and no customs do sound a lot cheaper that what I got, seeing they are ( I assume ) made in the US of A

 

[Phoenix60]

shoot me a PM if you are interested in his contact info

 

[pickles]

Even though they are made in china I believe they ship from Oregon.

 

[boo boo]

Even though they are made in china I believe they ship from Oregon.

That's right, they did ship from Oregon. Real quick too, surprised the heck out of me how fast it got here.

As a side note, I was talking to a buddy of mine in Nova Scotia about my new purchase, and he is going to GIVE me a plastic one he had lying around he isn't using. All I need do is to get it shipped to me, which I think I can get done for free through another buddy.
Good friends are not nesessarly hard to find, but to keep them you have to reciprocate favours, tit for tat as it were. I now owe him.....

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

They are nice looking. So with SS conicals do you still do a primary and secondary? Or do you just drain of the least from the bottom?

 

[pickles]

They are nice looking. So with SS conicals do you still do a primary and secondary? Or do you just drain of the least from the bottom?

I don't do a secondary with glass carboys or plastic buckets. I just don't think it's necessary to take the beer off the yeast until I'm ready to serve. I also make slot of lagers and they stay on the yeast for months. That's being said, yes with a conical you can dump the yeast. I'll use it more to harvest yeast than to remove it for the sake of removing it.

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

I have found and read some other threads on these particular conical's. If anyone is interested here are the links...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/check-out-stainless-conical-fermenter-156727/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/stainless-conicals-oregon-150072/

Reading through these I don't see that it is really worth going for the thermometer upgrade.