Cheap vs Expensive Fermenter: Does The Beer Taste Different?

If you split a beer between two fermenters – one a plastic $25 fermenter, and the other an expensive stainless steel conical fermenter temperature controlled with glycol, how different would the resulting beer be? Let’s find out!

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RECIPE FOR 6 GALLONS:
6 lbs Pilsner; Belgian
2 lbs Wheat Malt, Bel
1 lbs Flaked Oats
1 lbs Wheat, Flaked
8.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) [Boil]
1.50 oz Saaz Pellets [3.75 %] – Boil 60.0 min
0.50 oz Saaz Pellets [3.75 %] – Boil 10.0 min
1.00 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 mins)
1.00 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5.0 mins)
1.0 pkg Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500)

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