JoeyChopps

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Dammit Frodo now I have to dig a hole and try that out thanks for clever idea

Frodo

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that was brewingmeister that had that gem of an idea

brewingmeister

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Thanks. Now if you took a pane of glass and some torches to line that hole with glass I would be very interested.

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Hazroth

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#1 and #2 grade are your best bets for fermenting in plastics.

cheezydemon3

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I am having your medal sized for pure, awesome RESTRAINT.

5 is OK, but I am personally banning plastics since new evils are discovered every year, and since no tests take into account alcohol or fermentation.

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kh54s10

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Sorry brewingmeister. I took your first response "apparently" the same way revvy did, as suggesting that plastic is NO GOOD.

I use only plastic and have had no problems and have no desire at all to use glass.

To answer the OP. I think, If the recycle codes are ok for food use I would not worry unless doing a brew that required aging for more than a couple of months,

brewingmeister

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It comes down to you can use whatever you want to use. I have seen and/or heard of people using water jugs (of all various types), glass carboys, stainless vessels(keg and conicals), trash cans, gas cans, win packs, old oil drums, ceramic crocks, buckets, bath tubs, repurposed sinks, plastic liners in various vessels, rain barrels, soda bottles, and others that aren't coming to me right now. I am not saying any of those ways are inherently not good or superior to use for your personal use because it is your personal decision and therefore up to you(something truly special about this hobby). There is not a lot of testing done to these various vessels for our uses which leads to a lot of differing opinions being thrown out. Different strokes for different folks, so use what you are comfortable with using.

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TheBreweryUnderground

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BYO made an open fermentor made out of slate, how do you feel about that? And that hole idea is great, time to start digging...

How ironic would that be to have started a new trend you would deplore?

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Revvy

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I was just reading about the most classic open fermenters called Yorkshire Squares used at the Samual Smiths brewery in Tadcaster, England. These are made of flat slate walls, sealed together, with a collecting lid where the excess krausen is contained.

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brewingmeister

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Sounds like a great idea. Anchor steam got its name from the steam coming off the open shallow tanks. The tanks are now stainless but they were stone lined to begin with I believe.

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