4 Gallon Buckets

[idahobrew]

Hi all, I'm a newbie here and to home brewing,(but not to drinking beer) still fermenting my first batch. I went to the local grocery today and to the bakery. The man there had some foodsafe 4 gallon square containers with lids (they had contained frozen eggs). I was looking for 5 gallons but this was all he had. I picked up 2 for a buck a piece anyway. So what would be a good use for these as I will be brewing 5 gallon batches? I was thinking I could at least use them for sanitizing equipment. Maybe when I move up to all grain, which I plan to do, these will come in handy. Thanks for any advice.
BTW this is an awesome forum for someone just starting out. Everyone is friendly and there is so much great information.

 

[tealio]

Sounds like good for storage and cleaning.

Skip iodophor and get some starsan. I use a clean bucket and lid for storing my starsan for future use.

If your water turns it cloudy right away, find someone with reverse osmosis water to fill up or buy a few jugs of distilled from the store. I used my house water with starsan (my hard water just makes the starsan cloudy) and later decided to use the distilled or RO water so I could see into it a little better and have a better indicator of when to dispose and make a new batch.

 

[BackwoodBrewery]

Depending on how well the lids seal you could use them to store your grain once you make the leap to all grains.