Blichmann Conical Fermenters. Anyone got one?

[Cervantes]

The angle on the Ss Brewtech conicals (they call them 'Chronicals', so let's just go with that for ease of typing) looks pretty steep, without measuring I'd say they're at least 60 degrees if not a little more, so pretty perfect in my books.

Judging from this excerpt from their website the Buckets are 45 degrees and the Conicals are 60 degrees..............


WHAT IS BENEFIT OR POINT OF CONICAL BOTTOM ON BUCKET IF YOU CAN'T DUMP THE YEAST?

That is simple - it is about brewing and racking off cleaner beer. One thing the conical base does is greatly reduce the contact patch / area of the trub pile with your beer during ferment. And when it comes time to rack off , transfer, or bottle your beer the conical bottom also does a great job of holding the yeasty beasties down there while you take care of your business. Sure if you want to get really technical and talk about 60 degree side walls versus 45 degrees you can ... But if you are that technical and bothered by that 15 degrees you should probably be brewing in a full on big boy conical anyway

http://www.ssbrewtech.com/apps/answerseasy/help/topics

 

[booargy]

can you pre-order?

 

[geneabovill]

Not to hijack (much) but the volume of the cone vs the volume of the cylinder is the important part, IIRC.

 

[Florian]

EDIT: Better start a new thread on this. Link to follow.

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/79956-ss-brewtech-chronical-7-gallon-conical-fermenter/