I've been toying with the idea of building one for next season's beer
making.

All the commercial hype points to the ease of use without any mention
of the drawbacks.

An "agrisupply" wholesaler has tons of plastic vessels on his lot,
among them, some conical plastic ones that look good for ~10 - 15
gallons. They appear to be yellow polyethylene - haven't been in that
area during business hours so I never spoke to anyone.

My questions:
Seems that removing the yeast would cause a negative pressure in the
vessel so you'd suck some air in - bad for the wort or risking
contamination. Is that so? Is there a work-around?

Easy enough to clean?

Can I just add a measured amount of undissolved corn sugar to my
bottles for carbonation? (and avoid the transfer to a bottling
bucket)

Anyone try making a conical? Most of the agrisupply tanks are in the
<$1/gallon range (sans fittings) and designed to withstand chemicals
sprayed on crops.


-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
[url]http://www.newsfeeds.com[/url] - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----