Just kegged my Brown ale. With the extra wide opening cleaning was a snap.
Tried harvesting yeast for the first time. Let’s see how that goes. With my glass carboys I just racked over as trying to harvest was a pita
Will try the bottom spigot on this next batch.
Definitely sold on the safety aspect. Was easy to carry ~6 gal of wort/beer without fear of dropping
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After 4 beers through the fermenter I have to say I really like it. Bought it for the handles but really allows me more flexibility when kegging. In that I reuse the yeast from one batch to the next (2 beers from one smackmpack). The wide mouth allows me to harvest the yeast for a future batch.
Also I like the spigot for racking to keg.
Yes a less expensive standard 6 gal bucket would suffice and years ago I would have never paid extra for such “luxury” but I am older now and well what the hell