fermentation bucket?
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greenhaze
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Home depot buckets are only 5 gallon.
Not too sure about northern but the buckets from
Midwest are 6.5 gallons.
Slainte
Not too sure about northern but the buckets from
Midwest are 6.5 gallons.
Slainte
greenhaze
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That I do not know 
I only have a 6.5 and 5 gallon glass carboys
Slainte
I only have a 6.5 and 5 gallon glass carboysSlainte
dallasdb
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Hess414 said:
I have two 5 gallon water bottles I use to ferment. They have to be a certain plastic. I know #1 plastic is safe to ferment in but there was another # that would work too. I just don't remember which one.
Do a search in the forum and you'll find threads on using water bottles and which plastic # 's they have to be.
malevolent
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dallasdb
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malevolent said:
From what I remember #1 and #2 were both fine to ferment in and that link seems to agree.
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ChessRockwell
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I use the orange home depot buckets all the time for 3.5 gallon or smaller batches. I haven't died, yet.
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(HD in my area has a white 5 gallon bucket for about $4. It has a "food safe" sticker on the outside, and it's made of the exact same plastic as my fermenting bucket from Northern Brewer. They also have a 2 gallon size for small batches.)
eesteve
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While I can't weigh in on Home Depot, I know that Lowes sells 5 gal white buckets marked specifically as 'Food Grade' for about $4
ChessRockwell
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Which comes in handy! The damn lid doesn't seal for s--t though... Not that it matters, just don't expect a lot of airlock bubbling if you rig one up. Next time I might just try putting the lid on as is with no airlock since it seems to vent enough air.
