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Brewing => Equipment => Topic started by: jamie_savoie on July 09, 2013, 10:15:17 AM

Title: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: jamie_savoie on July 09, 2013, 10:15:17 AM

What do you guys use or recommend on the cheap side for fermenting 10-15 gallons batches?  Conical are awesome but out of my league (for now).  I’m thinking using a demijon but I’d rather use a bucket that’s easily cleanable or something like that.

Suggestions?

Title: Re: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: Al-Loves-Wine on July 09, 2013, 10:29:39 AM

Know anybody at the McCain plant Jamie? You might be able to score some of those blue HDPE barrels that pizza sauce comes in.

Title: Re: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: Jake on July 09, 2013, 01:18:22 PM

Hey Jamie.

I bought three 58 litre plastic buckets from some guy out Hanwell Road. He sells bulk car wash to a couple of the gas stations. I think I paid him like 10 bucks a piece and they work very well. You can pretty easily squeeze 12 gallons or so in one of them.

I'll take a look to see if I can find his information. I know where he lives from when I picked them up so you could always just go knock on his door worst case scenario lol

Title: Re: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: Jake on July 09, 2013, 01:24:38 PM

This isn't the same guy, but came across this:

http://fredericton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-business-industrial-Plastic-barrels-Pallets-Updated-24-May-2013-W0QQAdIdZ352622385 (http://fredericton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-business-industrial-Plastic-barrels-Pallets-Updated-24-May-2013-W0QQAdIdZ352622385)

Title: Re: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: Jake on July 09, 2013, 01:27:51 PM

This is the guy I bought mine from:

http://fredericton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-other-barrels-W0QQAdIdZ406696033 (http://fredericton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-other-barrels-W0QQAdIdZ406696033)

Title: Re: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: jamie_savoie on July 11, 2013, 08:32:53 AM

thanks Kyle, I'll check when I'm in town this w-e!  I also know know a guy from GF who sellls those big blue plastic barrels, maybe he has smaller one

Title: Re: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: DandyMason on October 16, 2013, 09:39:04 PM

Fermenter maybe? Or atleast a nice storage bin for grain, although a bit pricey

http://fredericton.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-boats-watercraft-canoes-kayaks-paddle-Canoe-Blue-Barrels-W0QQAdIdZ480465868

Title: Re: 15-20 gallons fermenter bucket?
Post by: Waterlogged on October 17, 2013, 08:31:26 AM

I bought one of those blue barrels off the side of the road a few years back on the way back to Fredericton from Macadam.  $15 or so.  I still see them for sale really cheap every once in a while.  I originally bought it for canoeing but lately it has been sitting empty behind my shed.  After reading this post, I think it will get cleaned up and use it to store some grain.  Great idea DandyMason.