In retrospect I could probably have wrapped my plastic fermentor in tin foil and satisfy my magpie like urges for a fraction of the price, then again I also bought a tilt which again is great but stupidly overpriced, so maybe I just like overpriced brewing gear a tad too much.
Open fermentation, you have me interested. What style of beer do you brew using that method
Me too. I often think about making a homebrew scale Yorkshire square, but using an open vessel would be a first step in that direction.
So far I've only done a couple of Bitters. My initial intention for the FV was for brewing Belgian Trappiste style ales with it and I'll next use it to brew a Quadruple and then possibly a Vossaol using kviek yeast. Theoretically, any style where you want to enhance esters and/or top crop yeast.
A Yorkshire Square, now there's an undertaking I'd be interested in seeing someone else attempt.
Where do you brew with it. Do you have any pictures. I seen a few videos online of big open vats. Sounds really interesting and something I would like to try.
They look very similar vessels, what are they?
Yes indeed, if looked after properly, why wouldn’t a plastic FV last for years.
Is this to re-create the open top fermenters of old? I am assuming that this method works well? otherwise you wouldn’t still be doing it. No one wants to produce bad beer. I would worry that dust that you can’t really see will be getting into the fermenter, maybe even the odd fly etc. What is the success rate of this method? I know that brewery’s once used open top fermentation but the Krausen on top often looked like a cement wall, impenetrable. Though the move to closed fermentation on a commercial scale leads me to believe that open top had its major issues. What’s your thoughts?
What's your opinion on the Zilla v's Sauraus? I have the Sauraus and love it as which bring many advantages over buckets but the bottom collection system is awful.
