Is this beer contaminated?

[Archsnapper]

I think I'll invest in a stainless steel fermenter.

[SkiBeagle]

Good call - easy to clean/sanitise/sterilise. And it doesn't have to cost a fortune. A corny keg can be used (about €40 or so from THBC) with a spunding valve to stabilise the pressure (€25-35). A stainless pot with an airlock in the lid is another even lower-cost option. I have a stainless conical which is great, but I tend to brew low-grav beers, so they finish in a few days. If I'd known how little time they spend in the conical, I'd have bought a corny or a pot.
Good luck with the next brew. I knocked over a pot and lost a great brewday's worth of beer. Jesus wept! Then I had to go and clean it up.
Get back in the saddle!
Ski

[darren996]

I think I'll invest in a stainless steel fermenter.

Good call, you won't regret it and it is a long term investment. I use a 33 litre stock pot from Bergland.

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[Qs]

Good call - easy to clean/sanitise/sterilise. And it doesn't have to cost a fortune. A corny keg can be used (about €40 or so from THBC) with a spunding valve to stabilise the pressure (€25-35). A stainless pot with an airlock in the lid is another even lower-cost option. I have a stainless conical which is great, but I tend to brew low-grav beers, so they finish in a few days. If I'd known how little time they spend in the conical, I'd have bought a corny or a pot.
Good luck with the next brew. I knocked over a pot and lost a great brewday's worth of beer. Jesus wept! Then I had to go and clean it up.
Get back in the saddle!
Ski

Isn't a corny keg a bit small for fermenting a standard sized batch in?

[darren996]

Too small, no head room, 15 or 16 max in a corney..

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[SkiBeagle]

That's what the spunding valve is for - so you can fill 18L or so and let the valve handle the blowoff/pressure.
There's a massive thread about pressurised fermentation in HomeBrewTalk:
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=44344
Some people see advantages in it. Never tried it, but I'm tempted to try natural carbing in the keg.