Recent content by gthornton06

Greetings! I am George, co-owner (along with my wife, Molly) of The Homebrewer, a home brew supply store in the heart of the San Diego beer scene with an emphasis on selection, price, and customer service. I started brewing beer 10 years ago, and have been in love with the hobby ever...

look up a molasses gate from ULINE or the like. That is what we use at our supply store.

we could really use these at the home brew shop to demo to our customers.

The ice in that case might have helped with the temp issue. i've never tried, but I'd imagine it mitigates it at best. Many times introductory instructions provide steps that advanced brewers might do differently simply because it can help make the process easy to explain/do, and the beer can...

I've been trying to research what plastic those bottling buckets are made of exactly (probably varies anyhow), and what the temperature range is on them, but to no avail. I do recommend that you look into it however (perhaps the bottom of your bucket will tell you), because many plastics can...

Are you using your bucket to cool wort right after boiling? if so, double check the heat resistance of your bucket.