JumboBlimpJumbo
Well-Known Member
I've had good luck with the HDPE buckets but my lids are the really tight fitting ones that take a lot of force to put on and you basically have to pry off and they actually come with a gasket in them. The brand is True Brew and they have blue lids if that makes a difference. I've also left a decent amount of head space doing my no chills so I don't think the lids have gotten hot enough to deform at all.
When I first started brewing I had a different kind of bucket and I almost never saw much airlock activity so I know they weren't air tight. As long as air doesn't get in you're fine, and there's no reason it should unless you have a big temperature drop.
When I first started brewing I had a different kind of bucket and I almost never saw much airlock activity so I know they weren't air tight. As long as air doesn't get in you're fine, and there's no reason it should unless you have a big temperature drop.