Any new news on Home Depot Homer buckets?

[ShaineT]

Although if you break it and sever your femoral artery, that lifetime would be significantly shorter.

Make sure to hold pressure, if the glass is embedded don't pull it out until you get to the ER.

 

[trbig]

Just skip all this plastic bucket nonsense and get yourself a 6.5 gallon glass carboy. Its worth the couple extra bucks and will last a lifetime.

Cleaning glass carboys sucks. If you're pressed for space, carboys suck. Buckets are a breeze to fill and clean, and I can store my stuff in the ones not in use as well as stack them.

 

[C-Rider]

I"ve been using 2 gallon HD paint buckets to ferment and bottle for the past 2 years. No problems in taste yet and one took 2nd place in this years Kona Brew Contest. But then I"m 70 and to old to worry bout stuff. LOL

 

[trbig]

I"ve been using 2 gallon HD paint buckets to ferment and bottle for the past 2 years. No problems in taste yet and one took 2nd place in this years Kona Brew Contest.

See there.. If you'd used regular buckets, you may have gotten first! lol. The thing that struck me most was the use of 2 gallon buckets instead of the 5?? In these contests, do the judges ever say why they liked a certain brew over another? I was just wondering if there is ever any constructive criticism to give you ideas on what to tweak in the recipe for next time. Of course, every judge's tastebuds are going to be different and you can't please everyone.

These days, at 70, you could still have another 30 to go.. or more!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

If you have a load of crappy old food unsafe buckets, you can line them with Reynolds turkey bags (24 pounders) you can even wash and re-use a couple of times if cost is an issue. For storing grain in the buckets, they would last forever.

 

[C-Rider]

See there.. If you'd used regular buckets, you may have gotten first! lol. The thing that struck me most was the use of 2 gallon buckets instead of the 5?? In these contests, do the judges ever say why they liked a certain brew over another? I was just wondering if there is ever any constructive criticism to give you ideas on what to tweak in the recipe for next time. Of course, every judge's tastebuds are going to be different and you can't please everyone.

These days, at 70, you could still have another 30 to go.. or more!

I use the 2 gallon buckets because I don't drink a lot of beer during a week, maybe a 6 pack and I like to vary what I drink as you can see from my signature below.

They don't say why they liked one over another, but the do give written report w/positive and negative criticism.

 

[Homercidal]

If you have a load of crappy old food unsafe buckets, you can line them with Reynolds turkey bags (24 pounders) you can even wash and re-use a couple of times if cost is an issue. For storing grain in the buckets, they would last forever.

A fellow homebrewer gave me a couple of those and I keep forgetting to use them, but the one time I did, it did a good job of keeping the bucket clean and there was practically no time spent washing the bucket. They should be on my shopping list again.

 

[McCuckerson]

If you have a load of crappy old food unsafe buckets, you can line them with Reynolds turkey bags (24 pounders) you can even wash and re-use a couple of times if cost is an issue. For storing grain in the buckets, they would last forever.

Oh Man! Ive thought about that for a long time and always wanted to try it!

 

[DanaDana]

Would the Reynolds bag be permeable? I would imagine that if you use the bag it would be the same as just using the bucket.

 

[ApertureBrewing]

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Would the Reynolds bag be permeable? I would imagine that if you use the bag it would be the same as just using the bucket.

Permeable? They are heat resistant plastic. Not at all permeable as far as I know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZuOZPtWDMo

I got two or three from a local restaurant. They were food grade and free. However, those places do scrape them up pretty good. Probably best to think of a source where the contents might be very liquid, and not require scraping.

 

[rey830]

I've had good luck using these http://beprepared.com/6-gallon-bucket-with-lid.html
It provides enough headspace, but safer to use a blow off tube for the first few days.

 

[old_tx_kbb]

190 post about Homer buckets....that's gotta be a record...

I'm lucky if I ever get 2 or 3 responses to my posts....