Recommendations-FastFerment 3 Gallon Conical Fermenter

[BlackQueenBrews]

I am looking at moving up from the Mr. Beer fermenter to a conical fermenter. I did some reading this weekend and while at some point, I would look into a metal conical, because of my newness to brewing, I am intrigued with the FastFerment system and wanted to see if anyone has any knowledge/recommendations about the system and ease of use for beginning small batch brewers.

Any assistance would be appreciated and Cheers!

 

[Jag75]

The Fastfermenters are good . I've used mine like crazy . I like the ability to dump my trub without having to rack . I received a spigot from a member here @VTX1300 and it's made my close transfers easy peasy. It's a good solid fermenter for being plastic. I am experimenting with the collection ball atm. I am working on dry hopping with it by dumping the trub , cleaning it , placing my hops in it , flush it with co2 then connecting it back on then open it . The beer filling it forces hops up to the main part. The hole on the valve isnt huge so a large amount of hops might cause it to plug . That being said I'm on my way to getting a cf5 this year . Dont know what the 3 gallon one cost but the 7.9 is only about 100$.

 

[BlackQueenBrews]

Thanks for the comments! The 3 gal is $49.99 and would work nicely for me at this point. I’m not at that stage yet but love your dry hopping idea and hope to read more about it!

 

[CascadesBrewer]

It is good to see more options for small fermenters. I feel that 2 to 2.5 gals is a real sweet spot for easy brewing.

That fermenter looks interesting and the price is not too bad. I have seen the 3 gal BrewDemon Conical Fermenter out there in the same price range (though it does not have a valve at the bottom). I have a pair of 3 gal Fermonster fermenters and I am pretty happy with them for the price. If I were to splurge, I would probably get the 3 gal Speidel Plastic Fermenter due to the reputation that Speidel has. It is not a conical, but I don't see much need to dump yeast/drub (I harvest yeast through the spigot on my Fermonsters anyway).

 

[t0maten]

Well i bought the 3gal fastfermenter and lots of problems.
Leakage, trub/yeast geting stuck on the Walls and so on.
If im you i would go for a fermentausarus with the pressure kit.
Sorry for bad English

 

[EaseTN]

I have 2 of the 3 gallon Speidels that @CascadesBrewer mentioned above. Morebeer sells em with the airlock and screw on top to use em as a proper fermenter for about the same price as the 3gal FF. Not conical, but they have been phenomenal to use. Easy to clean and solid as a rock. My only con is the included plastic spout which started to leak on both of mine within about 5-6 brews each. Not a lot, but any is too much. I've upgraded both to the metal spigot. I was in a similar position to OP in that I was planning to upgrade to stainless fermenters at some point but I really dont see the need now.