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So I walk into my LHBS and I see 3 foot tall plastic tubes with a release lever on the bottom. Pull the lever, grain pours out. Cool!!!!
Now, I think that's pretty handy and all, but those systems are ridiculously expensive! I'm seeing them for $100+ per tube!!! And then there's the size issue. They're much too big for the typical homebrewer.
So what about clear plastic mailing tubes? They're made out of acrylic, you can buy them in 3'L x 3"D for about five bucks a piece. Just fashion a sliding door on the bottom of a piece of wood and some way of keeping the tubes steadied and you've got yourself some 3 pound storage containers with easy access. No more opening bags and twist-ties, no rooting through a box of bags only to realize you already used your last half pound of special B.
Advantages? You can "inventory" you grain effortlessly. You'll know exactly what specialty grains you have in stock and what you need to order. It'd look pretty hardcore and would be a nice conversation piece- why do you need 12 different kinds of grain like? What are they for? Can you really taste the difference?
Now, I think that's pretty handy and all, but those systems are ridiculously expensive! I'm seeing them for $100+ per tube!!! And then there's the size issue. They're much too big for the typical homebrewer.
So what about clear plastic mailing tubes? They're made out of acrylic, you can buy them in 3'L x 3"D for about five bucks a piece. Just fashion a sliding door on the bottom of a piece of wood and some way of keeping the tubes steadied and you've got yourself some 3 pound storage containers with easy access. No more opening bags and twist-ties, no rooting through a box of bags only to realize you already used your last half pound of special B.
Advantages? You can "inventory" you grain effortlessly. You'll know exactly what specialty grains you have in stock and what you need to order. It'd look pretty hardcore and would be a nice conversation piece- why do you need 12 different kinds of grain like? What are they for? Can you really taste the difference?