Stainless Steel Fermenter, 7 Gallon Total Capacity - Durable Wine, Beer, Mead, Kombucha Fermenter & Kettle Ideal for 5 Gallon Batches Fermentation Bucket, Jar for Home & Craft Brewers

I’ve brewed 5 batches in it now and have been very pleased with this fermenter. No issues with lid seals and my Tilt reads through it and the freezer chamber without issue

This fermenter will make your brew day a lot easier/faster than any other fermenters. I've done the research, brewed a lot of batches in it, and I'll explain why:1) It's easy to clean2) It seals perfectly3) You can boil the wort in it AND ferment in it - research single vessel fermentation, you'll thank me later and it's a LOT easier: no need to remove trub/hops - modern yeast allow for trub contact without problems/off-flavors for 3-4 weeks, so you don't need to worry about expensive conicals. No need to transfer the wort at all. Also, skip secondary fermentation and just keep the wort in this for 3-4 weeks. In fact, leaving the trub in is BETTER for your beer - no joke, go to brulosophy.com and read the article/experiment on it. You can easily dry hop (just quickly drop them in through the stopper hole - no hop bag required) or put in other additions (oak cubes, etc.)4) 7 gallons = plenty of headspace = no boilover when heating, no blowouts during fermentation5) Simple and smooth surfaces. You'll learn that the more complex your system is, the more places there are for unwanted germs to hide and thus more cleaning.6) Not conical/no legs = not as tall = takes up minimal space so it's more likely to fit in fermentation chambers, chest freezers, etc.7) It'll last a lifetime8) Great customer service9) The price. $100 or so. If you're thinking of getting some fancy plastic fermenter for $100 or so, this will be a LOT betterI'm no shill - I've had a few of these, over a few generations including the current gen. You can research Chapman on the internet and you'll see that the owner of this small company is a stand-up guy and will fix/replace any problems you have. This product has gone through a couple revisions and has fixed problems you see in older reviews (incorrect gallon markers, bad gaskets, rusting/non-passivated spots on the steel). Chapman is a new company (3 years old or so). I suspect at this point most vendors have cycled through all the old inventory and you'll only get new stuff.One piece of advice: make sure the silicone gasket has actually fully sealed by making sure it's tucked under the rim of the cover. If you suspect it's not fully sealed (not enough bubbles coming through airlock), just take off the lid and find where the gasket isn't tucked under the rim, adjust it, then put the lid back on. If you do this within 2-3 days of starting fermentation, enough CO2 is being produced to quickly push any O2 ingress out of the airlock.

First off there's two versions of this out there. One has a valve to transfer. This one did not. I'm handy so I figured I'd just transfer the valve from my old pot to this one. You can't drill through thus thing. I tried for 30 minutes and barely made a tiny, tiny divot.So instead I bought a transfer pump. Always wanted one anyway...That said this thing worked great. First batch I made is a NEIPA that is very violent and would sometimes pop the lids on my plastic ferm buckets. Not this one! No problems at all.Well worth the investment.

I thought I should write a review as this seller has so many negatives. Most of the negatives were explained away by Amazon but still remain.On to the item. Shipping was fast and it was in perfect condition. Works great. I made my wort in it and appreciated the internal,stamped, measurements. After making the wort I cooled it down added water and I am using it as a fermenter. The bung fits great. We plan on using this a lot. We have 2 batches of wine and one batch of beer waiting for this. Don't fear the negatives...read them and see for yourself

Like the title says - it's a good value, frankly the best around in terms of a stainless fermenter. I love the fact that I can just put a little water in the bottom, set the lid on (UNSEALED!), and boil it for a few minutes to ensure that everything is perfectly sterile. No doing that with a plastic bucket! The lid seals well and the silicone gasket can be thrown into the dishwasher for cleaning. Sure, there's no valves but to make those sanitary would add a lot of genuine manufacturing expense.I have two gripes, however. First, the polishing compound that was used to bring the surface to a truly nice finish wasn't removed from low areas like the stamped volume indicators at the factory. I had to move up to acetone to get it; soap and water didn't touch it. Definitely irritating, and surely not something I'd want touching homebrew, but for the price and knowing it was a one-time affair I would still probably have given 5 stars. Second, and the reason for the star deduction: the way the lid's hole was made causes stoppers to become a consumable item. It's not sharp enough to outright cut, but neither is it rounded over in any way. After the first time I used it I noticed some material cut out from the stopper. I suspect that after a few uses, the stopper will be too gouged up to seal. I may try wrapping it with some sacrificial PTFE tape next time. This would have been a simple issue to avoid for the manufacturer - punch the hole out and leave some of the rounded edge instead of just shearing it and deburring.