Remember with valves, lots of nooks and crannies inside of them. You need to be really thorough in cleaning them. Lots of people here use them without problems. Just keep them clean. Rinse well and sanitize well.
All the Best,
D. White
Presumably after this first batch or 2 I'll move to stainless fermenters and I'll be running 3pc valves on those....this plastic buckets have no way to clean the valves as they are cheapo plastic valves...I don't think they come apart.
Instructions showed POURING the finished beer? Nuts. Do that and your beer IS finished!
Well I think it say's siphoning and stirring and not splashing....might have been thinking of pouring the wort into the fermenter.