Brew Bucket by SS Brewing Technologies

limulus · Mar 16, 2014

Hello Everyone,
I cleaned all the stoppers that go into the lids for my SS Brewbuckets and I have misplaced them. I found one small stopper from a diy bottle filler that will work for my brew today, but does anyone know what size these are? I'll also check with the manufacturer.

formula2fast · Mar 16, 2014

I am pretty sure they are 3.5 stoppers

disney7 · Mar 16, 2014

limulus said:
Hello Everyone,
I cleaned all the stoppers that go into the lids for my SS Brewbuckets and I have misplaced them. I found one small stopper from a diy bottle filler that will work for my brew today, but does anyone know what size these are? I'll also check with the manufacturer.

They're #1 drilled stoppers.

rhythmsteve · Mar 16, 2014

BFM KCCO bro

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BYOB · Mar 17, 2014

"Digital temp control system custom for their fermenters with both heating and cooling for around $200 bucks (plus / minus) retail launching this Summer."

Do you have a link about this info?

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One very minor PITA with these brew buckets is to get the stainless steel muck off the inside, take a wet paper towel and scrub a small surface several times hard and you will get steel sediment. So To save you time i have tried it all, from all sanitizers to denatured alcohol, paint thinners, laquer thinner, acetone..etc... Then finally tried Naptha (do it outside)! Then only a couple swipes to get it removed.

Another thing I did was add a thermometer about 3" above the drain spout. Drilled a 1/2" hole with a titanium step drill and installed a blichmann thermometer. Carboy heater on them at 67 and all is going good.

Not sure what to do with the carboys.

ddlr25 · Mar 17, 2014

Does anyone know of a vendor who has the brew bucket with the longer racking arm?

dirkomatic · Mar 17, 2014

dirkomatic said:
And purchased...

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Wow, that was fast! Ordered the racking arm Thursday evening and got it this morning. From CA to VA...

I have a beer in the fermenter, so I can't compare the two, but to my eyeball, it looks like it will gain about an inch further down than the current arm.

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Tandoori · Mar 17, 2014

ddlr25 said:
Does anyone know of a vendor who has the brew bucket with the longer racking arm?

You can just order it straight from SS brew tech's site. I did over the weekend. It's not a different model of bucket, just an accessory that you buy seperately.

nickmv · Mar 17, 2014

ddlr25 said:
Does anyone know of a vendor who has the brew bucket with the longer racking arm?

I don't think anyone is, and it's because it's not a configurable option. In other words, the brew bucket comes with the standard racking arm, and that's it. The longer one is an optional extra item you can order direct, but it never is an option when ordering the bucket.

ddlr25 · Mar 17, 2014

Thanks for the info everyone. Went ahead and purchased the brew bucket and racking arm separate. :ban:

nextgenxx · Mar 18, 2014

Ordered mine Friday night arrived today! Quick usps!

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nickmv · Mar 18, 2014

Looks great! Can't wait to use on my next batch!

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SandyV · Mar 18, 2014

Considering getting one and adding a dump valve. Although the cone is 40-45 degrees compared with 60 with most conicals, I'm curious how well it will collect yeast to the bottom of the cone.

How well is the yeast gathering for you? Has anyone added a dump valve yet?

NervousDad · Mar 18, 2014

It would probably be cheaper to just buy their conical. The legs are too short for a valve at the bottom and tri clamp valves and fittings are not cheap...

JoesInBoston · Mar 18, 2014

nextgenxx said:
Ordered mine Friday night arrived today! Quick usps!

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That looks like the bend is sharper, too. Or is it just the way I am looking at the photo?

dirkomatic · Mar 18, 2014

JoesInBoston said:
That looks like the bend is sharper, too. Or is it just the way I am looking at the photo?

The bend is sharper.

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limulus · Mar 18, 2014

I may have to buy a couple of these so it leaves less behind when secondary fermenting.

Also, I just noticed the price increase to $225. Not such a great deal anymore.

FastDogBrewing · Mar 19, 2014

BYOB said:
"Digital temp control system custom for their fermenters with both heating and cooling for around $200 bucks (plus / minus) retail launching this Summer."

Do you have a link about this info?

--------------------------------------------

One very minor PITA with these brew buckets is to get the stainless steel muck off the inside, take a wet paper towel and scrub a small surface several times hard and you will get steel sediment. So To save you time i have tried it all, from all sanitizers to denatured alcohol, paint thinners, laquer thinner, acetone..etc... Then finally tried Naptha (do it outside)! Then only a couple swipes to get it removed.

Another thing I did was add a thermometer about 3" above the drain spout. Drilled a 1/2" hole with a titanium step drill and installed a blichmann thermometer. Carboy heater on them at 67 and all is going good.

Not sure what to do with the carboys.

Naptha? I'm no chemist but that doesn't sound like a good idea. The SS residue is likely to be less harmful and more inert than a chemical like Naptha. I have talked to the SSBrewtech guys and they recommend a good clean with soap to remove any manufacturing oil which is probably what you are seeing.

Maybe it's just me but Solvents and petroleum based chemicals sound like a really bad idea in a fermenter.

I'll be using mine hopefully soon and like all the other stainless I have used it will get a hand wash, PBW rinse, then starsan and an air dry. Should be plenty to clean, sanitize, and passivate.

old-pasture-brew · Mar 19, 2014

Clean those buckets gents! This picture is after a scrub in hot soapy water. I then used a paper towel with a little goo gone and the result is this:

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I can say that it looked clean and didn't feel greasy but the towel doesn't lie.

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BadNewsBrewery · Mar 20, 2014

So for those of us thinking about getting one (or more) of these, at the new price point... we have to worry about the debate between leaving whatever that gunk is in the pot, or using chemicals that I wouldn't really want around my food to clean it?

Neither of these sound like solid options... Is this just a bad batch, or a drop in QC, or have they always been like this and folks just never noticed before?

NervousDad · Mar 20, 2014

I had it on all of my buckets.

beervlog · Mar 20, 2014

old-pasture-brew said:
Clean those buckets gents! This picture is after a scrub in hot soapy water. I then used a paper towel with a little goo gone and the result is this:

I can say that it looked clean and didn't feel greasy but the towel doesn't lie.

What's the verdict, did it eventually get clean or is it still a work in progress?

old-pasture-brew · Mar 20, 2014

It's clean. Took about two hours and I found simple green was good for the task. Process was to spray down and let soak a little. Wipe/scrub with paper towel and then wash down with soapy water. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Check a small area with goo gone and sure enough it shows no more black smudge. After all that. I gave it a full soak in oxiclean. Rinsed and it's fine. One time process. Importantly, Still happy with the purchase and looking forward to brewing this weekend.

But I have no idea what that stuff was or what it might do and it's not obvious it's there to begin with. So I thought I'd throw that picture out there as I would have thought the bucket was otherwise clean.

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disney7 · Mar 20, 2014

Mine were fairly early units I think, but all I had to do was soak them in PBW for a while and rinse them out.

I've fermented in them both and have gotten the cleanest tasting beers I've ever made out of them.

pickles · Mar 20, 2014

It's either running compound or machining fluid. I'd use naphtha or acetone, then clean with PBW (simple green would also work well. For those worried about chemicals in it, you're being naive if you think that thing hasn't seen any chemicals before it got in your hands. That's the beauty of stainless, it's easily cleanable and doesn't absorb flavors.

Schumed · Mar 20, 2014

So just finishing my 5th beer with bucket. The two things I'm really loving with this product

Super easy to rack beers into my kegs

Crazy easy to clean.

This product is perfect for big dry hops and other secondary additions. The cone bottom allows all the extra material to nicely drop to the bottom so I don't loose any beer

Spartan1979 · Mar 20, 2014

I kegged my first batch last night from by Brew Bucket. It went better than I was expecting. My gasket was stained in the spot that it blew out the side during fermentation (even tough I had a blowoff tube attached).

I'm still trying to understand why it didn't blowoff through the tube (which wasn't clogged).

FastDogBrewing · Mar 20, 2014

The "gunk" you guys are removing, is it the tooling oil? A wash with a good dishes detergent should remove the tooling oil easily. From the pictures it looks to me like you guys may be removing the passivated oxide layer.

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pickles · Mar 20, 2014

The oxide layer doesn't wipe of with a simple cleaner. Perhaps on an aluminum pot but not stainless.

FastDogBrewing · Mar 20, 2014

pickles said:
The oxide layer doesn't wipe of with a simple cleaner. Perhaps on an aluminum pot but not stainless.

I would not classify Naptha or Goo Gone as simple cleaners. But that may just be me.

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