So excited! Going to have to brew soon! Any input on a recipe for my virgin fermenter?
New SS BrewBucket came today!
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IvanTheTerribrew
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Congrats! I love mine. Just be VERY careful inserting and removing the airlock stopper. It looks like you have the silicone one and if you turn it at all of jam it too hard it will get sliced up. Mine is. I stupidly tried to fit my airlock while it was already on the lid and the turning motion sliced it. You can get replacements at LHBS but they won't have silicone ones which looks really nice with it.
And give it a good BKF cleaning to remove all the grime and oil from machining.
Try making a good IPA on it!
And give it a good BKF cleaning to remove all the grime and oil from machining.
Try making a good IPA on it!
I really like this. Might have to think about getting this a s present for me.
Keep this thread updated please with your comments after you've done a batch or two.
Keep this thread updated please with your comments after you've done a batch or two.
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I just made a tasty Bells Two Hearted clone. I might try a Pliney the Elder clone next.
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Actually I have decided to make a Saison, anyone have a kick ass recipe
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My bucket has a hole in it!!!!!! FML
IvanTheTerribrew
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Yeah post a pic, where is it located?
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There are tiny little pits around the base, one leaks. Here is a pic of the "leaker"
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It's nothing a little JB weld wouldn't fix but when you drop $175 in a 7 gallon fermenter and it took 2 months to get one I think they should be tested prior to being shipped.
RiverCityBrewer
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Yeah, I would be sending it back. Pitted stainless (to the point of leaking in your case), be it in the sheet metal or the welds, is no better that scratched buckets in my opinion. At $175, that is unacceptable. I hope you choose to contact the vendor and have them make things right instead of jbwelding it.
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Ohh yeah I am not JB Welding! If it was something I picked up on eBay or something but I already email the vendor and sent a video.....no reply yet.
IvanTheTerribrew
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I hope you found this out with water and not wort.
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Yeah I had my mash going and was sanitizing my fermenter. Luckily I had a bucket fermenter in the garage
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Well I received a reply from SS BrewTech and am pleasantly surprised that they are sending me a new bucket tomorrow, and giving me $25 back and an additional $25 credit. Nice that they stand behind their product. They stated out of thousands of buckets this is the first one that has had this issue....
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Not sure, they didn't say, just sending me a new one tomorrow is all I know
Try a little silver solder if you get to keep it. Much better than JB Weld
IvanTheTerribrew
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If they did all that AND let you keep the defective one... They definitely will go down as the best customer service I've ever heard of.
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