What’s the BEST FERMENTER?! How to Choose a Home Brew Fermenter
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2024
- Choosing the right home brew fermenter can be tough. There are a lot of factors to consider: what material is best, which shape is right for me, are there any accessories I should have? Today's video I break down all aspects of home brew fermenters from glass, plastic and stainless steel, to buckets, carboys and conicals. I even go over pressure fermentation and other unique fermenter shapes! Hopefully by the end of this video you can have a better idea on what fermenter you should buy!
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0:00 Intro
0:27 Picking a Fermenter
1:13 Materials
1:22 Glass
2:16 Plastic
3:10 Stainless Steel
3:58 Shapes/Forms
4:09 Buckets
4:55 Carboys
5:48 Conicals
6:43 Pressure Fermentation
7:18 Accessories
7:52 My Thoughts
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What is the one thing you look for in a fermenter?
I look for beer mostly.
@@Unsub-Me-Now good answer
I'm about to upgrade from a bucket. I'm still torn between an all rounder, brewtech bucket or speidel. I think all rounder as i like to make hoppy beer and closed transfer without oxidation is a big plus. also i hear pressure lagers work out well.
@@TheGavranatar Yeah I think if you are going to be doing a bunch of hoppy beers then the all rounder might be a good choice so you can preserve as much hop character as possible!
After I got the brew demon conical I think that is the best shape for me.
Great breakdown! I agree with you, plastic is the way to go for a newer homebrewer, no question about it. I used buckets for a long time and had great experiences. I've found the more expensive stuff really just adds convenience/consistency factors that may or may not be worth the cost to everyone.
Great points. I get the allure of a shiny ss fermenter but gotta be practical until you are ready to upgrade!
Is plastic fermenter bucket safe for health?
Great information well done!!! I started with the Mr. beer keg moved on to a brew demon conical now I just purchased my Anvil bucket for my first all grain brew next weekend hopefully it will be the upgrade I’m looking for!! Keep up the great work!
Awesome I started on Mr Beer too. Sounds like you are moving up in the world!
Love my SS Brew Bucket... so easy to clean, and racking every last of beer to a keg with rotating dip tube and coned bottom is so satisfying!!
I always have my eye on one of those. Looks like a very nice quality fermenter!
I switched from plastic buckets to a SS conical. Genus brewing taught me well... I always sterilize it with boiling water. The ball valves, if opened daily, can infect your brew. I only open the ball valve when I bottle.
Good tip!!
Been using mostly 1 gallon glass carboy. Have 20 of them at various stages of fermentation and aging right now. My last batch was done in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. I think for a while I will go with that, about the same amount of work and 5 times more wine produced. My next upgrade is very likely gonna be a conical 14 gallon stainless fermenter but the price is really steep. I wish that conical plastic fermenter were not so expensive. The only advantage to them is not having to rack... but at 150$ average price, I feel that is very expensive for something like that. Thanks for the video.
Your videos are great! This one was super informative. Are you planning on doing any videos on mead? Specifically bottle conditioned recipes?
Hey thanks! I don’t have any plans to do meads right now but maybe some day in the future!
Great video and some awesome tips!
Thanks man!
Dig the video! And I dig my fermzilla all rounder too! Although I’m switching over to fermenting in kegs as we speak that way I can ferment 2 beers at a time. I will definitely miss being able to see fermentation happen though, that part always amazes me. Cheers!
I hear ya! Definitely fun to see that. But more beer is always a good thing
I like the conical for trub removal, using fermentasaurus and dispense sometimes but like the closed aspects and so no oxygen and easy transfer to keg or bottle.
Use my first plastic fermenting bucket for wine and cleaning fluids.
Great points!
That was actually really thorough! I’ve been through quite a few plastic bucket, big mouth, anvil bucket and now the chronical Ss but the end goal has to be the ss unitank. Just need that sponsorship deal to roll in 🤣
Hah I second that! SsBrewtech where you at??
Nice one, Brusho!
Thanks, cheers!
When I was doing fab and weld apprenticeship, stainless steel was a strange beast. Yes it's incredibly tough and wears down saws like nobody's business... but surface scratches were ridiculously easy, which was frustrating when you're trying to make high end stair rails. With this said, I will still look to get a stainless steel one next time I buy, along with a stainless steel wort boiler.
Yeah that is very true about scratches. Enjoy the shiny look while it lasts because none of my stainless look brand new anymore haha
@@TheBruSho use plastic utensils in SS vessels, the best solution maybe? Love the show btw, keep up the good work!
Love that fastferment
The simplest thing I have done is take a gallon of Arizona Iced Tea (no preservatives and always on sale!). I just bought a bung to fit and used the usual lock. Add yeast and wait until it stops. Often soft drinks have an SG of 1.040-1.050 for five-ish percent ABV, but I like adding Honey.
Great Video bro! I'm still using all the three but my fav so far is the SS, I also have a fermzilla all raounder but I haven't put my hands or well my wort in it hahaha, cheers! 🍻🍻
Nice! Would love to hear a review from you on it!
Awesome video! 🍺
Thanks!
Awesome video you really covered everything! When I purchase a fermenter I look for one that makes me feel adequate🍻🤣
Hahah I don’t think your alone with that!
Great video! I switched to a plastic wide mouth carboy with a spigot after having used standard glass carboys and I'll never go back. The benefits just FAR outweigh the potential risks for me.
Totally agree Dylonious! Same here
Which one did you end up going with? I went back to buckets with spigots after using glass carboys for years.
I bought a 15 gallon ball lock Torpedo keg and trimmed the dip tube a bit to ferment 10 gallon batches. Hard to beat a stainless, pressurized fermenter at that size for around $200. Gonna pick up a couple more.
Thats a genius Idea Dane! Must be one big keg.
I'm still using buckets and it's worked out fine for me, but man I'm so tempted to get a SS Conical.... Hello Stimi Check, come to papa!
LOL I hear ya, one of those want-to-haves but don't necessarily need-to-have.
Aww, you didn't mention mead at the beginning! Sad face!
Awesome vid, very informative! You should've mentioned how cool each fermenter looks, tho - I prefer glass carboys and spherical pressure fermenters, cause they make me feel like an alchemist!
Lol coolness is a HUGE factor how could I forget!!
Only been brewing a few years swear by the 30L Spiedel fermenters.
+1 vote for a corny keg fermentation video!
Noted, thanks!
One that will fit into a fridge. 25ltr tall bucket that goes into a fridge with a heat belt round it. Using a control box we can keep the temp constant within 0.5 Celsius. Fridge second hand, all in all cost £30 saving £1000 on a pre-made fermentation kit. Great vid btw, never looked into pressure fermenting.
Exactly. Simple and inexpensive and I am sure you make amazing beer with that setup!
That’s what home brewing is all about 👍
About to try fermenting in a corny keg. Down fall.. batch is a 5 gallon recipe and keg is a 5 gallon max.. going to have to split the wort and yeast. For going the sounding valve for a blow off hose until I see how this works out.
Yeah that is definitely one thing to consider. Have to scale down the recipe slightly or boil a little more to reduce it down. Good luck!!
Hey Trent! I’m a new subscriber to your videos and I’m also new to making Kombucha at home. I would like to start brewing hard booch. I may have a misconception that hard booch can’t be made in plastic? Or that plastic can ruin your SCOBY? Can you please point me in the right direction for which videos I should start watching of yours to start making hard booch? Thanks!
Hey Thanks for the sub! I have a video on how to make hard kombucha definitely check that out first. As far as fermenters, glass or stainless steel probably best. Plastic can work but it holds on to bacteria more so you will have to dedicate it only to kombucha making. Best of luck and hit me up on IG if you have more questions!
Thanks for the great info Trent. Hubby has a pyrex fermenter we've had for over 30 years. He bumped it last brew and it now has a crack in the base. Booooo. It's been great brewing in it (he does it - not me) as you can see fermentation and watch the process.
Thats definitely the benefit of glass (being able to see) but breaking one is the worst, especially if its full!
One point about brewing bucket. If you always siphon to a bottling bucket, you'd be better off fermenting in a bucket without spigot. Less to clean, getting spigot 100% clean is a chore.
I used the sovereign stainless frementor 8.4 gal
Nice! I just upgraded to stainless and I’m loving it so far
I brought a basic plastic fermenter in 2006.
It is currently sitting on my desk behind me with 2 gallons of carrot wine doing it's primary fermentation.
That’s some great usage time!
@@TheBruSho I wash the inside of my buckets with a dish sponge rather than a brush and stir with a wooden spoon on brew day and degass with a plastic spoon. They also get stored in the dark so that the plastic doesn't get any uv damage.
Anything with a spigot above the trub line so you can package directly from the FV. Just avoid racking from one vessel to another....its just an unnecessary risk
Keg fermenter vid plz 😁
Would love to!
Great channel Trent. May have accidentally fat thumbed a thumbs down. Please disregard! Your content is so understandable and relevant!
Fermzilla all rounder all the weyyy
I am very curious to try one out!
@@TheBruSho best $50 I’ve ever spent! Definitely try it out
@@alexrocks135 thank you, I will!
another great one, PLASTIC 4 LIFE!!!
#plasticsquad
@@TheBruSho Life in plastic is fantastic 🎵🎵🎵
@@Hellbrews 🤣😂
If you put 5 gals. in a carboy and ferment, will it puke into the airlock?
most fermenters are a little more than 5 gallons, so you should be fine but you can also use a blow off tube into a jar of sanitizer for big beers
@@TheBruSho tks, I wasnt to worried about the sanitizer, only the fermenting going up into airlock or all over the floor.
Send this to Anvil!
You think they’d like it?
You might want to update this video as the information on using plastics is not very good.
I still stand by plastic as a great beginner option.
>buy a cheap plastic bucket
> crack a hole in the lid
>hot glue a balloon to the hole
Perfection :thumbs_up:
Hahah yesss! As long as it makes good beer, then it works
have been using small ultrasonic cleaners for making Aging alcohol Cannabis edibles, Tinctures and Coloidal Silver.I had the Idea to try it on my Fermentation of grain mash. My hopes were to make the mash into smaller particles and increasing surface area. I hoped to increase Bioavailability for the yeast. The 6 gal. plastic bucket I used for it kept blowing its top off as the bubbler was unable to keep up with the new rate of fermentation. I had to resort to taping the lid down with duct tape, Watching the bucket bulge from unreleased pressure and hoping it did not explode. !!WARNING DO NOT USE A GLASS VESSEL FOR FERMENTING IF YOU SHOULD TRY THIS METHOD!! I had hoped to show the increased speed of fermentation in this video. I made two mistakes. I used some pretty old yeast and I did not malt the grain first.
Still the control had not even started before the ultrasounde grain had filled its bag full. I believe if I had used a malted grain and newer Yeast the results would have been more dramatic for you to see. I am very new to brewing, only three batches with using ultrasound to decrease particle size the third batch. I did try a sugar wash 4th batch using the ultrasound but saw no changes in the speed of fermentation. . I am hoping someone with a better set up and greater brewing knowledge can experiment with this and show the actual rate of increase. (I believe it to be about 300% or better)
This could have a major significance in such a large market as alcohol and fuel.A factor to consider is stirring the grai water mixture in the ultrasound as a heavy layer of grain at the bottom may reduce effectiveness. I used a 60 watt, 40khz ultrasound unit with just one transducer on this video . On the earlier bucket run I used a home made unit with two 40 khz transducers. Finding the optimal range of transducers, frequency , volume, stir rate and length of time I leave to future brewers with more capital and time to find
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