Stainless Brew Bucket

[Barry]

I signed up for emails from SS Brewing Technologies, creators of this cost effective stainless conical: http://www.ssbrewtech.com/products/brewbucket

This thing looks like the perfect fermenter for me, really really bare bones and cost effective, small in size for single 23L batches, but stainless and conical. Stackable feature looks fantastic.

Youshop is really expensive for these big items as their rate is volumetric.

I've emailed them and asked if/when they can ship to NZ, but I guess what I'm after is gauging the level of interest for a bulk buy?

Alternatively, does one of you fine homebrew retailers want to negotiate with them for a drop ship?? (they source from China)

I'd definitely be a taker for 2 of them if they were a comparative retail price.

 

[BrewShop.co.nz]

Brewshop.co.nz is the exclusive distributor of these in NZ and we have a shipment on the way. Should be here in a little over a month, all going well. They'll likely be available for between $250-$300.

[Barry]

Fuck yeah. Thanks.

[Vincent]

I'd be keen on one for that price. 

[Hamish Jones]

Are you going to be stocking the bigger unit as well?

[BrewShop.co.nz]

Yes, we'll be getting the "Chronicals", in both sizes. Might be a couple of months away before they arrive though.

[Hamish Jones]

Keep us in the loop as I'll be making some space for a couple or three

[dean fisher]

would be sweet if it had a ball valve in the bottom as well but looks like you would loose the stacking ability if you were to install one. for that price tho you can't go wrong and I could be keen on one

[Barry]

I agree but for budget sake I'm happy to work around it to recover yeast eh.

[dean fisher]

too tru. wouldn't be to hard to replace the standard ball valve with 3 peice and tri clamp it as well. would be the ducks nuts if you could fab up a jacket and stack a couple with glycol would save a shit load of space

[joseph]

Are these conical fermenters really worthwhile spending extra money on over a plastic barrel?

[Peter Smith]

well stainless should last longer then plastic...   welds can go but plastic scratches....

don't see many commercial guys using plastic....

re conical I reckon you can make great beer without conical, but conical makes it easier to

retrieve yeast from the fermenter while fermentation is still active

dump trub

 

I have ordered a 70L con plastic for lagers... 50L useful size  for ales glass carboys all the way or buckets....   YMMV    personally I love my carboy collection.... not that mad on plastic but don't see massive advantageous of stainless over glass for sanitation, I am a 4 week brewer leave the yeast to do their thing..... you cant hurry the natural process

[Barry]

Plastic is porous. Permeable.
I've only ever used plastic but all my fermenters smell no matter how much I clean them or what with (nappisan or PBW).
This tells me that they never get 100% clean. Which means some organic matter remains. Which means bacteria could absolutely grow given time.
You can taste when a beer has been fermented in plastic, any time Luke (Nicholas) tries a beer of mine he calls me on it.

I agree with Peter, glass is every bit as good as stainless - totally inert - but carboys are way harder to clean, slippery as shit when you're washing them and unfortunately very fragile.

Each to their own but stainless is the ultimate.