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Does it have a notch on it that a drill can catch on? Or is it just a round shaft? My barley crusher has this and I don't even use the chuck to tighten it down.

I'd say long term is anything beyond a standard primary fermentation. A few weeks or a month. My sours go for well over a year. I'm not saying you can't do a sour in bucket, but it's going to pick up more oxygen than a lower permeability fermenter. Maybe you want that. For a Flanders, you'd...

My guess is that it will take about 1/2 the time, but would be interested in knowing how it turns out for you.

I think buckets are great if they are replaced semi-regularly. Easy to carry, easy to clean. I would think twice about long term storage in a plastic bucket. There is some oxygen permeability. I'm not a big believer in secondaries though, so this doesn't bother me. I do use glass when I...

If the sour beer just got on the outside of the pale, I would rinse it, sanitize it and call it good. I don't think the bugs will permeate the bucket.

Great idea!