DIY Ale Pail

[buckeyejb]

Lowes now has food grade buckets. $4 for the bucket and $1.50 for the lids. Drill a hole for the grommet (< .50) and you have a nice new ale pail for considerable less than the $15 from the homebrew store.

 

[Acoma]

What size are the buckets? Did you buy the grommet there too?

 

[Coldies]

What size are the buckets? Did you buy the grommet there too?

Most likely 5 gallon. Yes they have grommets as well. Food grade grommets? Not sure but I doubt it.

 

[Acoma]

I'm not a fan of blow off tubes but if its a 6 gallon or higher I'd pick one up.

 

[scottland]

If you are talking about their grey paint buckets:
-They are #2 plastic, which is HDPE, which is food grade
-They are 5 gallons when filled to the brim. Useless for a 5 gallon batch, great for 3 gallon batches.

They do come in handy though, I use one for crushing grains, and another for holding sanitizer.

 

[JayInJersey]

They have new white ones specifically slated as "food safe" now in my local Lowes

I think it might only be a 4G though...it looks smaller but that might have been my eyes, I didn't pick it up or anything.

 

[Chia]

got a link? would like to make an eight gallon batch, keg five and bottle 3

 

[Golddiggie]

The white ones are 5 gallons too. I looked at those when I was getting buckets to hold grain. The grey ones are the exact same plastic, just a different color. The lids for the white ones have a gasket, so they should seal better, so better for 3-4 gallon fermentations.

I'll use the grey ones I have for grain, and StarSan. I'll keep fermenting in stainless steel...