Cheap Stainless Steel Fermenter

[nerdlogic]

I keep seeing these in various sizes on my hunt for stainless steel containers to fabricate a fermenter.

Its a stainless steel trash can:

http://www.porgot.com/showitemdetai...eel_Trash_Bin&sub=2&node=101474881029&lang=en

It has a lid, I bet the seals would need to be changed,
but as long as its brand new I dont care that it used to be for garbage.

Anyone have any engineering comments?

 

[rod]

since the lid opens by foot pedal it is just a stainless steel shell - not watertight in my opinion

 

[nerdlogic]

as i said, you might (likely) need to fabricate a seal thats airtight, drop the foot pedal or use it for something else.

but its a 9.5 gallon steel container for less than 100 bucks.

 

[Bobby_M]

How about an old sanke keg instead? Way less than $100 and you KNOW it's liquid ready.

 

[Orfy]

Those bins are not a stainless bucket, they are just an outer wall with a plastic bin.

 

[nerdlogic]

The plastic bin is removable.

I cant find sanke kegs -- where do i go?

 

[Orfy]

The plastic bin is removable.

I cant find sanke kegs -- where do i go?

Then you're left with just a wall and no bottom.
Sankey kegs are available illegally all over the place. Legally they are harder to find.You don't need Stainless for fermenting.
Plastic or glass is fine and probably used by 90% of homebrewers.

SS is the doggies doodars if you can find a good one. But function is more desirable than using a SS vessel just for the sake of it if it's not up to the job.

 

[nerdlogic]

I recall my friend having one of these, i believe it had a solid metal tub structure thats formed around where the foot pedal goes in, like this:

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[Bobby_M]

I bought my sanke from a scrap yard. Do I question the source as being legal? Absolutely. Then again, I drive over the speed limit too. I'm a bad boy.

 

[nerdlogic]

why are sanke kegs illegal?

 

[rod]

the kegs themselves are not illegal
they usually belong to a brewery ,etc. and are available because they were not returned- hense the illegal part

 

[nerdlogic]

OK i checked it out -- the stainless steel garbage cans --

its just a metal cylinder with no bottom, aside from that it would have been perfect.

 

[Orfy]

Like we told you.

 

[whodwho]

Unless you are really set on making something of your own, by the time you spend $100 on a trash can and then $ for fittings and all, for $200 you should look into one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/FERMENTER-CONIC...ryZ38172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Orfy]

What a *****.
That's a steal and he ships world wide.
I'm gonna email him and ask if he has more and a shipping cost.

 

[brewitall]

That guy is a great seller, my conical came with a defect, which I had fixed at a local welding shop, he offered to pay for the repair plus throw in a chiller for my trouble. I asked if he'd make me a deal on the 9 gallon pot with thermometer and ball valve instead, he sold one to me for 1/2 price and covered the shipping.

I've done two batches in the conical now, I love that thing.

 

[Reidman]

Yeah I bought my brew kettle from that guy, great kettle for the price.

That is a killer deal on a ss conical....wow!

 

[theholky]

So despite this post being 2 years old, does anyone know who this eBay seller is that has great deals on stainless steel fermentors?

 

[mnadamn]

Here you go

 

[oskr]

Sorry, but I can't see the seller.
I'm interested in a fermenter. Can you post the seller?

Thanks and good beer!