The large opening and lack of a bunch of parts to disassemble make cleaning the Anvil Bucket Fermentor a cinch.
Using a rudimentary pressure transfer rig that anyone with a kegging system can easily piece together, keeping beer under a blanket of CO2 during packaging to reduce the risk of oxidation is super easy. Packaging consists of moving the fermentor to a raised spot, connecting my racking tubing to the barb, and opening the valve to start the flow of beer into my keg. When the wort has stabilize at my desired temperature, I remove the lid, pitch the yeast, then swap out the foil for an airlock. After pouring out the StarSan, I cover the airlock hole and let it sit until my wort is ready to transfer. Once I fill the fermentor with chilled wort, I attach the lid, place a piece of foil over the airlock hole, then place it in my fermentation chamber to finish chilling to my desired pitching temperature. Next, I add a good amount of StarSan solution to the fermentor and let it soak for a few minutes before swirling to ensure sanitizer covers all surfaces. I’ve followed a similar protocol each time I’ve used the Anvil buckets, which starts with wiping out the inside with a cloth dipped in PBW solution then rinsing with hot water. Once clean, I soaked them in Star San solution then let them air dry to passivate the stainless. Prior to first use, I gave the fermentors a good cleaning with PBW to remove any residue that might have been leftover from the manufacturing process. Not long after agreeing to this review with Palmer and Blichmann, a couple well packaged Anvil Bucket Fermentors arrived at my house.Īssembly couldn’t have been easier, just tighten a few pieces and the units were ready to go. Disclosure: The product reviewed for this article was provided by the manufacturer in exchange for an honest review no other compensation was provided. The opinions expressed in the article are solely those of the author and a concerted effort was made to approach the review from an unbiased perspective. When the opportunity arose for me to put the Anvil Bucket Fermentor through it’s paces, I accepted, curious to see how it’d compare to other fermentors I’ve used.
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Numerous new fermentors on the market hit some of these marks, but there was one I was most interested that hit them all-the Anvil Bucket Fermentor.Īnvil Brewing Equipment provides a line of high quality equipment designed by Blichmann Engineering and endorsed by How To Brew author, John Palmer. It also tied up a keg I could otherwise be using to serve beer.Īs pleased as I’ve been with fermenting in kegs, they’re certainly not perfect, so I’d been keeping my eyes peeled for other options that were made of stainless, had a wide top opening, possess a bottom valve, and allow for pressurized transfers. In addition to the disassembly required to clean, there were some other downsides to making this switch, namely that I had to reduce my batch size to 4 gallons/15 liters since corny kegs only hold 5 gallons/19 liters of liquid.
The larger opening of corny kegs, and the fact they’re made of stainless steel, lessened my cleaning concerns, though a fair degree of leg work was required to make sure they were immaculate.Īs a big believer in the perils of cold-side oxidation, my main reason for moving to fermenting in kegs was the fact it would allow for completely closed transfers, a tricky task for other fermentors. While I appreciated being able to watch fermentation happen, the PET carboys were somewhat difficult to clean without some scrubbing, which could create bacteria harboring scratches in the plastic. Through the years, I’ve fermented beer in a wide variety of vessels, from 3 gallon PET carboys to stainless corny kegs. Mosaic Of Change IPA by House Of Pendragon.
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