MOREBEER 14 Gallon conical has arrived (pics)

[setmash]

Here she is at last.

Total cost £770.33 all in (deal of the day offer - $795 instead of $995)

Will un-box and take pics a little later along with fisrt impressions...my god its a heavy box....

[Fil]

U tease!!

[jimpy0]

cue the stripper theme .............................

[setmash]

OK guys here we go.

Let me start by saying i work in the silicon chip business on the demand generation side of things. Im very used to end users, like me, being very enthusiastic about something they have just bought simply because they have just bought it. I dont want to set that impression here, but its going to be hard. Why ? Because this is one of the best products I have ever bought and its hard not to scream out loud just how good this beast is. From a first impression point of view that is. Please bear in mind Ive never owned or used a conical before and returned a Chronical because my unit had a poor finish.

So first impressions:
It is engineered to death. It is an utter BATTLESHIP. It weighs an absolute ton. It looks beautiful. To compare it to the Chronical would be unfair, like comparing a Chronical to a plastic bucket. They are two entirely different products. The Morebeer conical is without doubt an industrial grade piece of high tech production equipment that would not look out of place in a commercial set up. Every aspect of this unit oozes quality, i need to measure the steel thick ness but i estimate its getting on for 2mm, its utterly solid. It will last several lifetimes and thats why the re-sale values are so high. The open market never lies and man is thing desirable.

Here are the pics and comments. Please bear with me and I wouldnt mind your feedback regarding the welds as I dont have much experience. Please also bear in mind I used my camera phone as my daughter has the DSLR (doubt I'll see that again)

Box a bit crumpled but dont worry to damage this thing youd need a sledge hammer



Stand is very well made. I wouldnt want to put too long leg extensions on as it may get a bit top heavy when full of delicious beer.



OMG my back my back...the bloody lid weighs 3.5 Kg on its own, lid feels like its made from even thicker SS. Silicon gasket around the edge. Cone sits on the stand, best make sure its level before adding wort as i bet it could slip.



Now to unpack the valves etc, Here is the utterly gorgeous SS butterfly dump valve. Quality is not the word i just wish i had my better camera. This beast weighs 1.5Kg on its own and has the most wonderful actuation. The valve inside is incredibly engineered and looks like its come straight out of an operating theater. The picture just does not do this marvel justice.



Here it is in place at the bottom of the cone. The MTBF (mean time before failure) of this approx 28.7 million years.



Sample valve and racking arm mounted. It takes seconds to do it and they are also of the highest quality. No thread will ever touch your beer on one of these babies.



'I AM A DALEK, I WANT TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD BY ROTTING PEOPLE'S LIVERS'



Lets have a look in the cone....beautiful not a scratch or mark in sight. The cone is wonderfully turned and finished.



Here are the welds. Im no expert here and i know lots of argument for grinded v ungrinded. Morebeer have gone for ungrinded but very smooth. They look great to me but as always lets have a discussion cos there is nothing we like to do more than analyse our kit.

Let start with the lid....that 3 inch TC is massive you could fall in and drown in wort (might put a life jacket in my brewery just in case).....
....this is the underside and the small weld is for the PRV, note the camera shot makes it look like its stood quite proud. Its not its very smooth and shallow and neat. The camera does a bad job on this one.



This is the bottom of the cone looking at the 1.5 inch TC weld, looks like a nice one to me, again very smooth no roughness at all.



Here is the racking side port. The camera again makes it look a bit proud. You can feel it but its very shallow and smooth. Thoughts ?




So there we have it. They ship it with a bit of PBW to clean it with (small packet...yes £30 quids worth lol...'ere guv, you dont want to do lines of coke try a line of this PBW, its a bit pricier but it cleans your nose as well).

What can i say, first impressions and all that but I have to say.....Im in love.

[Matt12398]

Can someone please shout if they do this again because I want one.

[Fil]

very nice - quality peripheral bits of kit too, i find the pull to release butterfly valves can disturb the conical even when full unless care is taken when operating. the lever operation of the butterfly valve you have is gonna be much smoother and less of a risk..

you might want to cushion the conical in the stand i found the lil oblongs of high density foam used by glaziers to seperate sheets of glass ideal self sticky pads, otherwise you may scratch the shiny sitting in and removing or when low on volume and light it may pivot on 2 points a lil..

my 12.5usg job sits in a similar frame, too short for easy comfortable yeast harvesting (in my case) so im also considering increasing the height with 3 lengths of box steel, tho beyond the vauge concept have not done anything yet just raised the legs on blocks on the tabletop..

ideally standing it at a height off the floor to drain straight into a keg would be ideal but would no doubt involve stability issues,,

No shame in being chuffed with your new big boys toy,most of not all in here would be too.
hope you enjoy brewing with her too

[LeeH]

Have you had your hands on the SS 14l version? If so how does it compare apart from the thickness of the material?

Very nice BTW.

[setmash]

Thanks Fil, some good points there.

Lee I will do my bets at a side by side. I'll start a new thread shortly so guys dont have to wade through all my pics.

[LeeH]

Thanks, I'm in the market for a bigger FV as I have the mini SS bucket.

I'm just not sure the tank build quality and extra cost would be worth it for me personally.

Thanks.