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Thanks alot that clears things up for me. If you were fermenting a mash for like 4.5 days how often would you agitate it? IE like 3x a day for a hour each? Thanks again everyone

Great answer thanks! I am a little confused on a couple things though and want to make sure I understand. So once I cool down the mash in the mashing vessel and pump it over to the fermenter it is beneficial to agitate the mash in the fermenter as long as I do not do it so vigorously that I disturb the surface and drawl O2 into the mash? Or are you saying that once fermentation begins it is best to not agitate it at all anymore for risk of drawling in O2, if so how long after I cool the mash down in the mashing vessel and pump it over to the ferm. does the fermentation process start? thanks alot.

I have been trying to decide if adding agitators to each ferminator is worth the added cost. Most things I read say not to agitate the mash during the fermenting process but I cant help but notice that a lot of people are using fermentation vessels with agitators. Are there any benefits to agitate the mash during the fermenting process like increased ABV, faster ferment, superior product, etc? Thanks, Tyler

I had not done much looking to continuous stills at all. Could you recommend any manufacturers that make a decent product at a decent price? If i run all my wash in 1 day what am I going to do the rest of the week! My plan was to get 3 or 4 500g ferms, 1 500g stripper and like a 150gal finisher.

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I am in the process of deciding what fermenters and what mashing vessel I am going to purchase and I have looked into a whole slew of designs and manufacturers. I am looking for what everyone is, a high quality fermenter at a low qulaity pirce ! Understanding this is not reality I have two questions. 1. What are some specs/features that I want to make sure the fermenters have. I already know that I am looking for high grade stainless steel (anyone know what grades to look for) and a jacketed system for heating and cooling and i would like each ferm to have an agitator but what are some other specs that I should make sure the tank has that some tanks might not include. 2. My second question being does anyone have any good recommendations as to a distributor who makes a quality product at a good price point. I have contacted Newlands systems, Raynox, Glacier tanks, as well as a slew of Chinese manufacters from that alibaba website some of which seemed to produce crap, some of which seemed to have decent products. I am no the fence if it is worth trying to buy chineese to save a few thousand bucks or to just by american/canadian and pay almost double but know its a good quality product. Long and short of it, what do i want to make sure my ferms have and where is the cheapest place to get those things. Thanks so much, Tyler

I am in the process of deciding what size still and ferms. to purchase. I am going to get a stripping still and then a finishing still. I plan on fermenting whole grain mash (not sieving out the cracked grains) in my stripping still which i heard can create more foam so my question is if i get a 500 gallon ferm. and a 500 gallon stripping still would i be able to load the full 500 gallons of mash into the stripping still or would i only be able to load like 400 or 450 because of the foaming issue? Thanks for any advice! Tyler