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[positiveContact]

Back in the good old days when you could get a corney keg for 13 bucks I bought a couple to hold my grain.I hit it with co2 to help keep the grains fresh

 

[3rd party JKor]

The sack the grain comes in, stored in a large plastic Rubbermaid storage tub. Have kept open sacks 3+ years that way with no issues.

This is what i've done for years, but i'm switching to buckets now for ease if movement. The bins are a pain to move when full and collapse if you stack them full. Buckets can be stacked 4 or 5 levels high. The bins definitely work well, but are difficult to manage when you have multiple full bins, unles you have an easily accessible place to store them at ground level. I don't have space for that anymore.

[MyaCullen]

only issue is you cannot get a full sack in a homer bucket. 

yeah, but you can get 3 buckets and gamma lids for the price of 1 big VV

[HVB]

yeah, but you can get 3 buckets and gamma lids for the price of 1 big VV

Sure but I don't use vv anyways. My grain storage is old fermenters.

[MyaCullen]

Sure but I don't use vv anyways. My grain storage is old fermenters.

if they are buckets put on some gamma lids

[HVB]

if they are buckets put on some gamma lids

15g curtec containers with gasket under the lids. No need for a gamma lid on these.

[MyaCullen]

15g curtec containers with gasket under the lids. No need for a gamma lid on these.

noice!

[neddles]

Most of the bags of malt I have arent anywhere cose to airtight when purchased new. My basement is quite dry most of the year so I just roll the open part up tight and use an office clip to keep them shut tight.

[denny]

This is what i've done for years, but i'm switching to buckets now for ease if movement. The bins are a pain to move when full and collapse if you stack them full. Buckets can be stacked 4 or 5 levels high. The bins definitely work well, but are difficult to manage when you have multiple full bins, unles you have an easily accessible place to store them at ground level. I don't have space for that anymore.

 

we built dollies for the tubs so they're easy to move.

[3rd party JKor]

Oooh la la!!! Look at mr. Fancypants! Runbermaid tub dollies!

[porter]

Most of the bags of malt I have arent anywhere cose to airtight when purchased new. My basement is quite dry most of the year so I just roll the open part up tight and use an office clip to keep them shut tight.

 

Same here. I don't think a rubbermaid bin would offer any additional freshness, though it would offer rodent protection. I live in a dry climate as well, so that helps.

[brewman]

Living in humid and bug infested south Florida I should of got a Kevlar container with a EPU.

 

Dan

[HVB]

Most of the bags of malt I have arent anywhere cose to airtight when purchased new. My basement is quite dry most of the year so I just roll the open part up tight and use an office clip to keep them shut tight.

 

I was doing that till one winter we got a big rain storm and ice caused water to come down the bulkhead right into the brewery and I lost a few bags of grain. I was not happy!

[3rd party JKor]

I wonder what the ideal humidity for long term storage is?  It would be kind of neat, in a geeky way, to have a barley humidor. 

[positiveContact]

I wonder what the ideal humidity for long term storage is?  It would be kind of neat, in a geeky way, to have a barley humidor. 

 

I figured the drier the better.  is that wrong?

[3rd party JKor]

I figured the drier the better.  is that wrong?

 

 

I don't think you want the grain to completely dry out.  It usually ships with 2-4% moisture.  Perhaps losing that moisture is OK, but I'm not positive.

[brewman]

That would be a good thing to test,  Fresh grain with the 2-4% moisture and old dried out grain.   I wonder how much difference there would be.

[denny]

Oooh la la!!! Look at mr. Fancypants! Runbermaid tub dollies!

 

I store my grain in a friend's basement.  He's a contractor and just whipped them out.  WAY beyond my abilities!

That would be a good thing to test,  Fresh grain with the 2-4% moisture and old dried out grain.   I wonder how much difference there would be.

 

We have an Experimental Brewing experiment about how age affects crushed grain coming up in May.  https://www.experime...mental-calendar

[porter]

I was doing that till one winter we got a big rain storm and ice caused water to come down the bulkhead right into the brewery and I lost a few bags of grain. I was not happy!

 

Should have just heated the water and mashed with your whole basement.

[3rd party JKor]

I did recently test my ~3 year old grain for moisture content and it was about 2%. It had been in runbermaid bins that entire time. I live in a moderate climate, so it's tough to say how that would translate to a humid or arid climate.