We do not cover a lot of homebrewing subjects here, but when a killer looking product and deal like the FastFerment comes across out computer screen, it’s too good not to share. If you’re a homebrewer, then chances are you’re still fermenting your beer in glass carboys or even plastic buckets. Have you longed for a conical fermenter like the pros use? The FastFerment is a wall-mounted conical fermenter that even has a yeast collection ball and is on sale for $90 to the first 1,000 buyers.
Perhaps for the novice brewer the benefits of a conical shaped fermenter are not clear. The shape of the vessel coming down into a cylindrical point at the bottom allows the yeast to drop down into the ball collection as it finishes fermentation. This way it is both easier to separate the yeast from the beer, which allows for a clearer and more refined product without yeast autolysis (off flavors associated with dead yeast in the beer for too long), and also to harvest the fresh yeast slurry for repitching into another beer.
The FastFerment has an easily removeable screw top for cleaning, a larger valve for increasing or slowing flow rate, and has an option to add a thermometer to help monitor the temperature. This is also the first conical I have seen that is wall-mounted, which seems like a great feature.
Made with HDPE High Density Polyethylene (Food Grade)
Air Lock to Bottom Collection Ball Height: 39″ – Width: 16.5″
The negatives? It is plastic, which is more difficult to clean and easier to scratch, but at $90 and with its construction of high density food grade polyethylene, it is well worth the price. Just don’t clean it with a scratch pad.
Order it now at: http://www.thefastrack.ca/main/fastferment
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