Ale Pail / other standard 6.5 gal bucket

[Rbeckett]

Manufacturer - (generic)
This is a standard 6.5gal plastic bucket, branded as Ale Pail, for brewing ales, lagers, ciders, etc. May be sold with or without a bottling spigot.
High quality from The "Ale Pail". This unit came complete with snap on lid drilled for a grommet (included) and a lifting bail. The interior was clean, smooth and scratch/mold mark free. Sanitizing will be a breeze.
I am looking forward to my first batch in the new fermentor. A word to the wise though. If you can find one with a spigot you would be better served to get that since it reduces the possibility of aerating your beer when transferring to bottles or secondary fermenters. A minor issue that can be readily fixed when the time comes and the fermentor is empty. Otherwise a great step up from a Mr Beer 2 1/2 gallon entry level kit.
Bob
Price Payed: $14.00
Recommended? Yes
Pros: Larger batches, easy to stack and store, easy to clean,
Cons: The unit I got does not have a spigot to rack to bottles or a secondary. Have to use a racking can and siphon to move beer and wort.

 

[Chriso]

Wish it was easier to cool. Otherwise, cheap, not breakable, and easy to move.
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Tenchiro]

It's just a food grade bucket. It works and umm is white.
A++ would brew with again.
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Schlenkerla]

This is a low cost primary and bottling bucket. I own two of these.
I will probably buy another very soon.
Price Payed: $18.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Dinbin]

Useing two Plastic fermenters. Only real complaint is that they can be a bit cumbersome when transfering liquid.
Price Payed: $13.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[quickerNu]

I have 5 7 gallon buckets from Austin Homebrew Supply, love 'em. My original bucket is being retired to a star san container after 17 batches.
Price Payed: $17.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Choguy03]

Gets the job done. I would like to get some more carboys, because I do like to watch the fermentation take place. Sturdy and nice to have extra for transferring star-san or sparge water.
Price Payed: $8.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Homercidal]

I used to ferment only in glass carboy, but I wanted to see if I could improve my clarity and flavor by utilizing a primary and secondary. I think it's helped, although it's quite possible that my methods themselves have made the improvemnts more than a secondary.
Only problem with bucket is not being able to see the fermentation taking place

Price Payed: $10.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[graphicgeek80]

Sure they scratch, and you can't see the fermentation. But they do pay for themselves after about three extract/partial extract batches.
Price Payed: $60.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Alamo_Beer]

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Price Payed: $1.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[mwhc22]

I got 2 of these with my home brew kit one with a spigot for bottling. So far they have functioned very well and got the job done i needed them to do. I have used them for 2.5 years now and they still are doing there job.
Price Payed: $20.00
Recommended? Yes
Pros: very affordable and practical
Cons: plastic may degrade quicker than glass or steel over time

 

[MattMann]

Wow, what can I say about this. It does its job perfectly. Just never have a lid that fits just right.
Price Payed: $13.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[powerjb]

got it with the basic kit. works fine for what it is. will doubtless upgrade.
Price Payed: $70.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[ScrmnWoody]

Glass is probably better. But, I've never experienced any "off" flavors with wort fermenting in plastic less than a few weeks.
Price Payed: $10.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[GearBeer]

Definitely not as durable as the carboy. Plastic discolors over time, I worry a little about impregnated flavors. Very light and the large opening allows for aeration by pouring.
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[dcott]

Pros: Versatile, easy to clean, easy to carry, good bang for the buck.
Cons: Can scratch, take on flavors/odors
Price Payed: $16.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Jilaman]

Price Payed: $10.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[camiller]

An excellent tradition homebrew fermentation vessel. Resists breakage. Convenient handle.
Price Payed: $6.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[sea2summit3]

Plastic isn't the greatest, but good for until a beginner decides they really want commit to brewing and invest the dough for quality equipment. I'm moving to glass. Searching for carboys the cheap way... yard sales! (price was for your typical starter kit)
Price Payed: $75.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[alexcarlton2003]

It works I guess and it is cheap. I would like something with a little more volume.
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Brewme]

Good pail. I don't see a difference in one pail to the next. For five gallon batches, this works great.
Price Payed: $1.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[blp]

I got the Ale Pail along with an Ale Pail bottling bucket with a Brewer's Best equipment kit. It's been useful for me so far but I will probably move to using just carboy's for fermentation soon.
Price Payed: $0.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Pelikan]

Does everything it's supposed to: is easy to use (wide opening), safe (when compared to glass), is easy to move around (handle), and it's cheap! At this point in my life, I really don't see the need to get better bottles or glass carboys, unless I'm going to secondary something for an extended period of time.
Price Payed: $14.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[grlz]

its ok. plain ol pail. no airlock, no spout, nothing special. 75 characters for a review... what am i at now?
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? No

 

[newbeerpig]

Good Pail, lid is hard to remove witch makes it challenging to not spill all over the place. Spigot also rotates to allow the fermentor to sit flat.
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[humann_brewing]

A couple of buckets for secondary or transferring stuff, easy to use
Price Payed: $10.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Firstnten]

I have three at present. Still wondering what the difference between food grade plastic and a spackle bucket.
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[Tripod]

Standard 6.5 Gallon Ferm. Bucket. Only marked with my gallon markings at each gallon.
Price Payed: $0.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[rth97601]

It's a bucket ... same as any other bucket ... why is this review thing so complicated?
Price Payed: $10.00
Recommended? Yes

 

[khiddy]

A standard white HDPE bucket with lid. I drilled a hole for the airlock, and it works just fine. I like that I can see the trub level.
Price Payed: $15.00
Recommended? Yes