When I serve food in its frying pan it's not about hipness - it saves transferring to (and later washing) a serving dish. More laziness than hipness.Fermenting in a keg is hipster like serving food in a frying pan on a cutting board. Fermenters are for fermenting and kegs are for storing the fully fermented and completed beer![]()
Though "real" fermenters are wonderful, kegs can tolerate much higher pressure, which has some potential advantages. Whatever floats your boat, of course!
