Does Fermentation Vessel Matter?

The Brülosophy Podcast

Marshall Schott

Brew, Brewing, Science, Beer, Leisure, Hobbies

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Marshall and Jake chat about one of the more surprising exBEERiment variables they've tested-- the type of vessel beer is fermented in. From standard plastic buckets to glass carboys and stainless fermentors, brewers these days have many options to choose from, most presuming it doesn't have a noticeable impact on the quality of the beer. Does it? Listen to find out! | Relevant Articles | PET Carboy vs. Plastic Bucket PET vs. Glass Carboy xBmt Glass Carboy vs. Stainless Steel xBmt Corny Keg vs. Glass Carboy xBmt

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0:53.6	podcast I'm your host Marshall Schott and joining me today is contributor Jake
0:57.8	hoolahand to talk about the experiment variable that for me at least has probably
1:02.1	been the most surprising.
1:04.8	When it comes to making beer, home brewers these days have a ton of options of things to
1:08.8	ferment that beer in, ranging from like popular plastic buckets to glass and and even nowadays stainless
1:15.9	steel fermenters or P.E.T. Carboys that's another one I've been using those for a while.
1:21.1	We've run a few experiments comparing these different types of fermenters and again the results have been really pretty interesting. Jake what do you ferment in?
1:28.0	Right now I ferment mostly in either stainless steel corny kegs or large glass big mouth bubblers.
1:34.3	Right, yeah, the corny keg thing has been an interesting one.
1:38.3	As I've seen, you know, when I got into to brewing and to home brewing, there weren't very many people fermenting in corny kegs.
1:45.0	I think largely because there weren't many people using corny kegs, at least that I was aware.
1:50.0	But nowadays it seems like more and more people really are starting to use that as a as a type of fermenter and it seems to be working really well
1:56.7	Yeah, it's really nice and it makes transferring out after fermentation pretty easy. Yeah right because you can pressurize it and just push the beer out of the out of the liquid out post I suppose.
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