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[Steve Urquell]

I've had a few people ask about my semi-clear buckets thet I bought at TSC and are no longer available. Mine all broke around the top. Finally found something similar and bought a couple today. Pretty sure these are relabeled Brewcraft fermenters.

https://www.homebrew...Lid_p_5183.html

[Mya]

damn, that's a good deal, those would make great wine primaries for kits or meads.

[neddles]

Looks a lot like this one I have from RiteBrew. Better price tho. Its a nice fermentor especially for $10.00.

https://www.ritebrew...ct-p/841218.htm

damn, that's a good deal, those would make great wine primaries for kits or meads.

Yes they would.

Edited by neddles, 16 January 2016 - 10:17 AM.

[Mya]

Looks a lot like this one I have from RiteBrew. Better price tho. Its a nice fermentor especially for $10.00.

https://www.ritebrew...ct-p/841218.htm

I usually buy the 10 gallon food grade garbage cans, but these are sealable, that'd be nice for a mead primary.

[brewman]

$28 for shipping, no way.

[Mya]

$28 for shipping, no way.

oh hell fecking to the NOPE!

[Big Nake]

I'm not in the market for such a thing but I agree it's a good deal. For $28 I might actually be able to drive around the lake and pick it up myself. I did pick up something like a 7-8 gallon wine fermenter once when I needed a plastic primary and my LHBS was out of the standard 6 gallon beer jobbies. It's wider than a standard beer bucket and it doesn't fit in my lager fridge so it's been "sharpied" with "ALES ONLY".

[Steve Urquell]

I think the shipping for 2 of them to AR was $22 after I added other stuff as well. Overall cost was cheaper than anywhere else these were available from. I hate, hate, hate my 8gal vittles vault so I was glad to find them.

[No Party JKor]

$28 for shipping, no way.

 

 

For that price have them stuff a sack of malt in it!

[DieselGopher]

I think the shipping for 2 of them to AR was $22 after I added other stuff as well. Overall cost was cheaper than anywhere else these were available from. I hate, hate, hate my 8gal vittles vault so I was glad to find them.

Why do you hate the vv?

[Steve Urquell]

Why do you hate the vv?

It's nearly impossible to get the lid sealed airtight, it's so fat that it hits the coldplate and door of my wine fridge/ferm chamber occasionally leading to the back of the beer being frozen, and I can't see thru it like I could with my old 8 gal buckets.

[Steve Urquell]

Really liking my new fermenters. They are marked in liters and gallons. The scale stops at 8gal but the bucket is 1+" above the 8 gal mark. Looks to be ~9gals. Lid seals airtight and you can see thru it well enough. That's my Franco-bohemian lager fermenting balls out after pitching at 6PM last night.

[cavman]

Really liking my new fermenters. They are marked in liters and gallons. The scale stops at 8gal but the bucket is 1+" above the 8 gal mark. Looks to be ~9gals. Lid seals airtight and you can see thru it well enough. That's my Franco-bohemian lager fermenting balls out after pitching at 6PM last night.

those look nice actually

[Steve Urquell]

those look nice actually

It's a nice bucket for the money. Has a built in threaded boss for a spigot you can drill out or leave blocked. The bottling bucket comes with it drilled out and has a spigot for $1 more.

[cavman]

It's a nice bucket for the money. Has a built in threaded boss for a spigot you can drill out or leave blocked. The bottling bucket comes with it drilled out and has a spigot for $1 more.

For the price I should order a couple anyways.

[Steve Urquell]

For the price I should order a couple anyways.

The shipping costs a lot b/c these things are really big. See if you can add some other stuff to make it worthwhile or do a local group buy on them.

[cavman]

The shipping costs a lot b/c these things are really big. See if you can add some other stuff to make it worthwhile or do a local group buy on them.

I will look into that, thanks.