BeerBorg

Anyone interested in a low-cost conical fermenter? Well, now there's a viable option. FastRack is taking pre-orders for the FastFerment 7-gallon plastic conical, formerly known as the V-Vessel, or as our own Nong calls it, THE ALIEN.

Here's the linky: http://www.thefastrack.ca/main/fastferment



At only $90 shipped, these look very appealing. They do need to be wall-mounted, but it would be pretty simple to build a stand out of some 2x4s and plywood...

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If I could figure out how the hell to get the beer from where I brew it into that thing where I ferment at I might be tempted. I would need to drill a hole through my floor and run a racking tube down into the basement or something. Wonder what SWMBO would think of that idea LOL.

"But honey, I have to feed the alien somehow".

Pretty neat looking, but they never show you how they clean it, and if you watch a video you see the guy takes the full ball off and can't figure out where to put it - and in the background you hear drip, drip as the stuff in the valve drips on his floor.

Since it can't stand on it's own, when it's empty how would one easily wash and drain it? And when it's on the wall, I'd be worried about pouring wort into it, the ability to aerate, etc. But once it's fermenting, it would be cool.

Yup, appears to be too gimicky. The yeast harvesting ball would be cool - if it were a square and you could set it down after you pull it off. The wall mounted fermenter would be cool - if it had a stand and you could put it someplace convenient, in a chamber for temperature control, or in the pantry during warm months for ales and cool months for lagers. It looks different for different's sake which isn't necessarily a good thing. I will stick to my buckets and carboys (and bottle tree) thank you very much.

Yankeedag had one of these for a while - hope he chimes in with his feedback.

I thought I saw mentioned somewhere else in the Borg that BrewDemon was supposed to have a P.E.T. 7 g conical ready very soon.

Dawg LB Steve wrote:I thought I saw mentioned somewhere else in the Borg that BrewDemon was supposed to have a P.E.T. 7 g conical ready very soon.

Yeah I remember that. Then nothing since

jimjohson wrote:

Dawg LB Steve wrote:I thought I saw mentioned somewhere else in the Borg that BrewDemon was supposed to have a P.E.T. 7 g conical ready very soon.

Yeah I remember that. Then nothing since

I heard from a little winged creature that more info will be coming out in a couple weeks...

I'll be in Phoenix next week and have plans to meet with Sam. Hopefully he'll give me some info to share.

Okay guys…here are the first samples of our 7gallon "Big Demon" conical fermenter. I should have my first sample in a few days…can't wait to test the plumbing:)

Now that looks like a good idea!

Oh just stop it already and take my money.

Pretty cool Sam, thanks for the update.

BrewDemon wrote:Okay guys…here are the first samples of our 7gallon "Big Demon" conical fermenter. I should have my first sample in a few days…can't wait to test the plumbing:)

Are you planning on putting a valve on to dump the trub? That would certainly grab my attention.