Plastic Bucket
#1
Posted 03 February 2010 - 10:40 AM
#2
Posted 03 February 2010 - 11:51 AM
I'm a BIG advocate of using buckets, but not for long term conditioning. I think a month would be about the longest I'd want to go.My RIS is finally just about bottomed out on FG, after a month in the primary fermenter (a plasic bucket). My plan is to rack it into a secondary fermenter to get it off that massive cake of yeast, and then let it sit on some oak cubes for a month or two, before kegging to carb and bottle. I've been brewing a lot lately, so I don't have any carboys or kegs available to use as a secondary. What I'm wondering is if the oxygen permeability of plastic might have a detrimental effect on my beer if I use a plastic bucket for such a long secondary. I don't want to ruin this beer with oxidation. Can anyone offer me any advice in this regard?
#3
Posted 03 February 2010 - 11:58 AM
can you borrow a better bottle or a glass carboy from any one? What about a Keg. close it up and purge with co2 and let it go ...I'm a BIG advocate of using buckets, but not for long term conditioning. I think a month would be about the longest I'd want to go.
#4
Posted 03 February 2010 - 12:11 PM
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 02:01 PM
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 07:48 PM
#7
Posted 04 February 2010 - 04:02 AM
Where do you store 65 kegs full of beer in the summer?ETA: in Hotlanta no less!I completely agree with that sentiment, and if you buy them gradually, you don't really notice the cost until you look back. I am now up to 80 kegs (using around 65 right now!), and about 7 carboys of varying sizes, but I mostly use the carboys for mead and cider, I also have a number of buckets, mostly the 6.7g ones, but one 15g that I use for my 10g batches.
#8
Posted 04 February 2010 - 04:06 AM
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Posted 04 February 2010 - 05:51 PM
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