I have recently started using some 12 gallon buckets with lids as fermenters. They are great and i have not had a bad batch in them, but they do have a downside. The lids do not seal they way the 5-6 gallon ale pales do.
The lid just sits on top and during fermentation some of the blow off leaks out and runs down the side of the fermenter and on to the floor of our ferm chamber. Not a huge deal to clean up, but we would prefer to seal them off and put a blow off tube through the lids and into a bucket of sanitizer.
Can anyone recommend a good gasket material that we could adhere to the lids to seal them up? We were thinking of using some clamps to tighten the lids down once the gasket is in place.
I have looked in to other options for 14-15 gallon fermenters, but shipping for the plastic conical tanks is outrageous to AK (quoted me over $600 in shipping alone for 4 of them shipped) Stainless is nice, but to costly for us right now.
Here is a pic and a link to the same buckets we are using.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001VL64SO/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
thank,
The lid just sits on top and during fermentation some of the blow off leaks out and runs down the side of the fermenter and on to the floor of our ferm chamber. Not a huge deal to clean up, but we would prefer to seal them off and put a blow off tube through the lids and into a bucket of sanitizer.
Can anyone recommend a good gasket material that we could adhere to the lids to seal them up? We were thinking of using some clamps to tighten the lids down once the gasket is in place.
I have looked in to other options for 14-15 gallon fermenters, but shipping for the plastic conical tanks is outrageous to AK (quoted me over $600 in shipping alone for 4 of them shipped) Stainless is nice, but to costly for us right now.
Here is a pic and a link to the same buckets we are using.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001VL64SO/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
thank,
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