Can't fit an auto-siphon thru lid (Big Mouth). Glass breaks. Rotatable racking valve leaks (Brew Bucket). Plastic scratches. Plastic spigots break (lost 5.5 gallons last G-D night) or are difficult to fully sanitize. Rigging up spigots to replace factory POS spigots will eventually break or whatever (Speidel plastic fermenters) (Did I mention I lost 5.5 GD gallons of liquid yummy last night?). Stainless steel is expensive, even if cheaper in the long, long run.
Maybe I should pony up for something SS and quit the plastic POS go-round. Also, might be able to not worry about breaking a carboy or a "Big Mouth" with it's flipp'n stupid lid set up...
In the meantime, guess I'll have another beer. Maybe the perfect fermenter will appear on my monitor here, something made of a material that will not scratch, break, rust. A fermenter made of a material from the stars that will not transfer chemicals to homebrew, will not leak around the spigot, can fit an autosiphon through the lid, seals well around the damn lid, is light weight, opaque (or whatever the word is for "no light passing thru") and will not corrode or absorb odors and is available in 7, 14 and 22 gallon sizes. Yup, time for another beer.
Maybe I should pony up for something SS and quit the plastic POS go-round. Also, might be able to not worry about breaking a carboy or a "Big Mouth" with it's flipp'n stupid lid set up...
In the meantime, guess I'll have another beer. Maybe the perfect fermenter will appear on my monitor here, something made of a material that will not scratch, break, rust. A fermenter made of a material from the stars that will not transfer chemicals to homebrew, will not leak around the spigot, can fit an autosiphon through the lid, seals well around the damn lid, is light weight, opaque (or whatever the word is for "no light passing thru") and will not corrode or absorb odors and is available in 7, 14 and 22 gallon sizes. Yup, time for another beer.