Plastic Fermenter???
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Yes, things like that are favored by the "no-chill" brewing crowd. You can put boiling wort in them, seal them up, let them cool and pitch yeast in them and go.
its only a 5 gallon, so maybe it would only be good as a secondary fermentation vessel or a primary for batches smaller than 5 gallons. For the price, I think I would stick with the plain ol' plastic bucket.
TANSTAAFB
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it's HDPE so it would be fine as a fermenter, but it is also only 5 gallons so you'd have to brew 4ish gal batches to have enough headspace for active fermentation.
For the price and ease of cleaning, I'd just use a 6.5 gal bucket
For the price and ease of cleaning, I'd just use a 6.5 gal bucket
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dr_finklestein
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I was thiking to use it as a secondary. I am running out of fermenters and I have a good lead on these for $5 a piece.
TANSTAAFB
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At $5 a pop, go for it...especially with the (once one scrolls down a little on the link) really cool spigots and cam lock connections. You could rig some sealed transfer setups like the better bottles for WAY cheaper. Cleaning might be PITA though
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dr_finklestein
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That's a great idea! For cleaning I usuall just soak in Oxyclean
