So I thought I'd kick things off with a discussion on the new BrewTools 'fermenters' and why it's apparently necessary to use something so OTT to ferment something as simple as home brew wort.
I'm not sure how many TC ports there are exactly. I lost count
It's more complicated than the kind of sophisticated bioreactors used in pharmaceutical pilot plants, where a lot more than wort is being fermented. I think whoever designed this lacks discipline, frankly. It's extremist. It's not progression in home brew. All I can say, really, to anyone who buys one of these, is keep the manual in a safe place and buy a box of good labels so you know for sure which port you're pulling. By the way, they only cost a couple grand. Each, that is. Optional extras cost more. Obviously. I do wonder, though, if there is a very useful port missing here. A really big one on top. One the owner can open to climb into the fermenter, to hide, when he realises it made f*ck all difference to his beer. Then, when he's got over it, he can spend a day or two cleaning all those ports, valves, etc., before putting it back in its box and noting the whole episode as a 'midlife adventure' lost on belief in fake status and an empty wallet. And a sense of “I’ve been f*cking mugged!”
Very useful, in my honest opinion. Especially after a few home brews.
