ILMSTMF
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I think the SS brew bucket (and alikes) are fine, but the aspect ratio (steepness) of the "cone" is not enough for dropping trub. IMO, it's a pretty much useless "feature."
I might be getting tripped up. I'm going off-topic (again, sort of). Cone collects trub, great. Beer sits on top of it, fine. I do that with my flat bottom bucket. I don't see the harm. So, point of the cone is to drop trub out mid-fermentation? If that's what the point of it is... 1) Why? 2) Suppose the vessel has a racking arm with pickup tube that sits above the cone. Clear beer could get transferred regardless if the trub below was dropped out or still sitting there. WTF am I missing here?
You want to make sure there's a port in the lid to add stuff (dry hops) while flushing CO2 in through another port. That CO2 "nipple" should also allow you to do closed transfers.
Hell yes! Like what we've been trying to figure out with our plastic buckets. ;-)
The issue with metal buckets is you can't see inside without removing the lid, that could make racking a bit more unpredictable.
That's where my lid-off transfer method has worked well, in the plastic bucket. But, to my point above, suppose the pickup tube is going to sit above the trub. Wouldn't only clear beer transfer out?
Spending $150-200 on a PET fermenter is a bit crazy, IMO. Looks are immaterial, you need to cover them up anyway, or better yet, stick in an FC.
AMEN. I'm not trying to impress friends with how my gear looks. Sure, it'd be nice to have something fancy looking but she's going in the FC anyway.
that can minimize oxygen and control temps. Both of those were my most important considerations
I saw those Fermonsters as well. Quite affordable. My damn mini fridge has both the compressor hump on bottom and the freezer chamber on top. Your mini fridge looks much more roomy than what I've got! So, there's another option. Again, I have about 3' more in height that I could occupy should I replace my mini fridge with an upright freezer.