Does anyone make SS buckets for fermenting?

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Yes just pick up a 30 qt SS pot, add some clips and tubing around the edge to help seal the lid. Drill a hole in the lid and add an airlock.

I'm going to build a few once my plastic fermentors run their course.
 
The easy/cheap way is just ferment in a metal pot, as LandoLincoln pointed out. Plenty of people do it, and it works fine. You don't even really need an airtight seal on the lid, you could even just cover it with foil.

I use one of these:

6-gal-stainless-steel-carboy.jpg


It doesn't really cost much more than a pot, but it's already outfitted with two threaded ports and an airlock bung. I added a $12 thermowell for temperature control, and will probably add a racking valve soon to the other port.

Oh yeah, and it can be used as a brew kettle too, if you want.
 
Go check out the Vessel thread in the vendor showcase. A longtime member here is running a crowd funding campaign on a stainless fermenter. I think it ends today or tomorrow. It's already funded.
 
I have a 15 gallon keggle with the top cut out and it is drilled at the bottom for a ball lock to easily drain off the traub and yeast cake, I haven't used it yet as a stainless fermenter mostly due to the fact that I'm still making 6 gallon brews, but when I step up to 10 -15 gallon brews, this will be my fermenter.
 
Those look interesting hunter.

I will need the seal so I can do long term fermenting with lagers - it's really the only reason I want to move from plastic.

Glass is expensive and breakable - you can get SS pots these days for $50 just need to figure out the seal and take inspiration from SS buckets conical.
 
The easy/cheap way is just ferment in a metal pot, as LandoLincoln pointed out. Plenty of people do it, and it works fine. You don't even really need an airtight seal on the lid, you could even just cover it with foil.

I use one of these:

6-gal-stainless-steel-carboy.jpg


It doesn't really cost much more than a pot, but it's already outfitted with two threaded ports and an airlock bung. I added a $12 thermowell for temperature control, and will probably add a racking valve soon to the other port.

Oh yeah, and it can be used as a brew kettle too, if you want.

That is beautiful.
 
I have never personally tried fermenting in a corny but I know some people that have. I don't recall the yeast clogging the line being an issue when racking. The only thing that could really do that would probably be hops/hop pellets that get in the "fermenter"
 
I've see people just attach a blow off to the gas in side and then have a tube coming off the fitting into starsan or whatever.
 
I do small two gallon batches.... so if I picked up a couple of 3 gallon corny kegs... like this...

http://www.homebrewing.org/product....m=ProductAds&gclid=CJHEqeC69b4CFcpj7AodRgwAYQ


Would I need to modify it in any way to ferment in?

When I do 2-2.5gal batches, I ferment in a SS or enamel pot with a lid. Now I put clingwrap over the lid too. It works well. Pots without rivets are easier to clean. You can scour, boil, or bake them to clean and sanitize. They are cheap at walmart.
 
The easy/cheap way is just ferment in a metal pot, as LandoLincoln pointed out. Plenty of people do it, and it works fine. You don't even really need an airtight seal on the lid, you could even just cover it with foil.

I use one of these:

6-gal-stainless-steel-carboy.jpg


It doesn't really cost much more than a pot, but it's already outfitted with two threaded ports and an airlock bung. I added a $12 thermowell for temperature control, and will probably add a racking valve soon to the other port.

Oh yeah, and it can be used as a brew kettle too, if you want.


These caverns are awesome! I happen to have a 6gal 7gal and a 10 gal of these caverns. They are easy to move around and clean. They cost less than the SS brew bucket.


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