Bucket failure.

[Bender]

I've had two of these fail, both with a full load of fermenting juice. What a mess.

http://jwdover.com/news/beer_making_news/ropaak_fermenting_bucket_failu_1.php

Disclaimer, I didn't buy mine from JW Dover.

 

[SOB]

Wow...nice heads-up!

 

[shroomzofdoom]

I can't even imagine what 6 gallons of fermentables looks like on the floor and I hope I never have to find out!!!

I have on OLD fermentation pail (no ribs), probably used in a hundred or so batches since the 90's. I'll look for ribs going forward, but my pail doesn't have them and it seems very solid.

I guess they don't make 'em like they used to.

 

[BargainFittings]

I wonder who will be paying for the ruined floors?

 

[elpresidente]

I've had two of these fail, both with a full load of fermenting juice. What a mess.

http://jwdover.com/news/beer_making_news/ropaak_fermenting_bucket_failu_1.php

Disclaimer, I didn't buy mine from JW Dover.

Good call on this! I have actually been noticing cracks forming in those exact spots on a couple of my buckets and was wondering about them!! I guess I won't be using those anymore, what a bummer.

I have been worried about them for a couple batches now. The cracks aren't that big just yet but have grown since I first noticed them. I was mainly concerned about getting infected batches because the cracks looked a little black like they had some cruddy deposits still in them that I could never fully remove. I am just going to toss these now because the risk is too great! Between the bucket bottom falling clean out or getting an infection I might as well just invest in more glass carboys...

 

[Revvy]

Typical cost saving measure ends up costing us. The pencil necked geek who decided to shave a few pennies off the cost of making the buckets, should have to reimburse all the brewers who have lost beer and wine, out of their own salary.

 

[Bender]

I can't even imagine what 6 gallons of fermentables looks like on the floor and I hope I never have to find out!!!

10 gallons. The floor was easy. Scrape up the goo and wash it down with many rags and diluted simple green.

But I was away when this happened. Can you imagine a basement full of thousands of fruit flies? I've discovered that a sprayed mist of starsan makes a fairly effective fruit fly death machine.

 

[ScubaSteve]

10 gallons. The floor was easy. Scrape up the goo and wash it down with many rags and diluted simple green.

But I was away when this happened. Can you imagine a basement full of thousands of fruit flies? I've discovered that a sprayed mist of starsan makes a fairly effective fruit fly death machine.

I came back after a few days to find a fermenter completely empty and only a slight residue in the immediate surrounding area. 5 gallons of Apfelwein went down the nearby floor vent that was cooling the fermenter

 

[EBloom97]

That's terrifying.

 

[Stuntman]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[elpresidente]

So, does anybody know if they STOPPED making them this way? OR if there is somewhere we can purchase buckets like these that do not have the defects? I don't know if I want to fully commit to just carboys or not (would love too, just don't have $$ for them yet)...