Home Depot Orange bucket

[northernlad]

My apologies...

Glass Carboys: Recommended by 6,724,920 out of 6,724,922 homebrewers.

Its a joke, son. Can that not be inferred from the obviously random number generated?

I fear you people may take this thing a bit too seriously. I will be sure to keep things like this to myself in the future.

 

[Chad_C]

Just searching on HD.com and came across this 12 gallon bucket with lid. Interesting!

 

[pkpdogg]

I fear you people may take this thing a bit too seriously. I will be sure to keep things like this to myself in the future.

Keep posting ... I laughed. Never hurts to remind ourselves to chill out and have another drink! There's too much stress in this world. Isn't that what this hobby is supposed to get us away from?

 

[alpha_acid]

Hello everyone this is my first post I am new to the forums.

today i started my first brew it is an apple cider brew I took a homedepot bucket and a lid and drilled a hole for an airlock. i put 4 1/2 gallons of cider in the buckets with 4 pounds of brown sugar and pitched the yeast. Will I experience any problems using the homedepot bucket or should it be fine I didnt even think about it until now. I probably should have asked this before I started.

Mr Cool-
what yeast did you use?
I would use a carboy over a bucket, you can find one for the same price as your bucket or less

 

[Zaxenexaz]

My apologies...

Glass Carboys: Recommended by 6,724,920 out of 6,724,922 homebrewers.

Its a joke, son. Can that not be inferred from the obviously random number generated?

I fear you people may take this thing a bit too seriously. I will be sure to keep things like this to myself in the future.

I think it's probably more that you're implying that almost everyone uses glass carboys which is definitely not the case. I use almost all plastic fermenters and only bust out glass carboys for certain processes or wines.

While the people who have been around here and know that plenty of people use plastic realize what you said is a joke, you also said it on the beginners beer brewing forum and some of the people reading this will take what you said quite literally. It's easier to stop misinformation now when someone is open to peoples ideas rather than later when the are set in their ways.

No one wants you to stop posting, but don't get upset when someone corrects something that could be taken out of context and affect someones decisions in the future.

 

[Tripod]

This question/thread came at perfect timing for me. I'm considering picking one up for sanatizing when I actually use my fermenting bucket. I typically use the carboy but when i use the plastic bucket I don't have a handy spare for sanatizing at bottling time so a Homer Bucket seemed like a quick and easy fix...

Thanks, Revvy, for reminding me about the "similar threads" section at the bottom of the page...

-Tripod

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

FWIW, I bought a homer bucket about a month ago, and the HDPE rating on it was a #2, I don't know if I would use it as a fermentation bucket because of the Orange plastic, but it is a food grade plastic.

 

[Scut_Monkey]

This question/thread came at perfect timing for me. I'm considering picking one up for sanatizing when I actually use my fermenting bucket. I typically use the carboy but when i use the plastic bucket I don't have a handy spare for sanatizing at bottling time so a Homer Bucket seemed like a quick and easy fix...

Thanks, Revvy, for reminding me about the "similar threads" section at the bottom of the page...

-Tripod

I use them for storing bulk grain as well as for "working buckets" for sanitation purposes and whatever else pops up during brewing. Yeah they work perfect for sanitizing equipment in. I always get a lid cause they are dirt cheap and you never know when you will need one.

 

[jollytim]

I saw this as the 'tongue in cheek' statement that it was meant to be. When I started brewing, plastic was a four letter word. Glass was the only 'sane' method. (Also bleach was the only sane sanitizer....) Now, almost 20 years later, plastic is given it's due. I am currently seriously considering converting.... and when I do, it WILL be on the cheap. I've been convinced that these orange buckets from HomeDepot, and similar buckets from Lowes and other competitors are a viable alternative. Yes I will have to modify them with a spigot, but to me brewing is a DIY sport, and this is just another venue for that.

That being said, if you aren't comfortable using these buckets as another brewing tool, then don't'. It's not a specific science that dictates that if you do things different, you are wrong. It's a hobby for gosh sakes. Hobbies are supposed to be relaxing. To me it's a Zen thing. If I am happy with the final product, which I am usually, then I have been successful.

Now I need to find a KC Chiefs bucket, that would be awesome (yes I know its' a 'rebuilding' year..)

 

[GregT]

As the title says, I like my better bottles.

 

[commandercool724]

I used a Lalvin 71B-1122 Yeast and i am also about to buy another bucket and put a spigot on them. is it safe to use silicon to put the spigot on . I was figureing i could drill a hole install a piece of 3/4 in PVC than just caulk around the pvc to make it tight this would make it much easier to bottle.

 

[Kickass]

My apologies...

Glass Carboys: Recommended by 6,724,920 out of 6,724,922 homebrewers.

Its a joke, son. Can that not be inferred from the obviously random number generated?

I fear you people may take this thing a bit too seriously. I will be sure to keep things like this to myself in the future.

Just an observation but:

You have little credibility

You joined last month

Your carboy preference more than likely does not support an overwhelming majority of homebrewers

Your comments, disguised as humor, are misleading

-and-

You degrade one of the influential and helpful members of the forum by calling him “son”

Again these are only observations, from another newbie at that.

 

[northernlad]

Yes, I understand the humor was lost, and in an effort to protect the malleable minds of the virgin homewbrewer I will refrain from such outbursts in the future.
However, implying that all but 1 homebrewer prefers glass carboys for fermentation is far less potentially harmful than stating, implying, or perpetuating the idea that "HDPE" and "#2" are industry symbols designating food contact safe plastic. THEY ARE NOT.
For example, Rubbermaid makes a Brute container. They are all made from the same base plastic but only Gray, White, and Yellow are NSF International Standard 2 certified for food contact safety. The Blue, Red and Green ones are not. The ony difference: dye.
Sure, a bunch of people use Homer Buckets, sure no one has died and the booze turns out great. I am still looking through the other threads to find Revvy's holy grail of Orange Bucket information, but so far I have seen only posts by people claiming knowledge that back up what a number of posts have said: it doesn't say its food contact safe, so it's probably not, you've been warned.

And as far as the degradation of a member... ah, nevermind. Homebrew is serious business.

 

[alpha_acid]

I used a Lalvin 71B-1122 Yeast and i am also about to buy another bucket and put a spigot on them. is it safe to use silicon to put the spigot on . I was figureing i could drill a hole install a piece of 3/4 in PVC than just caulk around the pvc to make it tight this would make it much easier to bottle.

Well a real spigot is $3.50 so not sure how you will save by gluing something together.
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_356_321&products_id=1680

Also sometimes bakerys will give away food grade buckets that once held frosting etc

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Keep the snide remarks to yourselves.

Back on topic, please.

 

[duskb]

Where the hell do you come up with that????

I hate glass carboys...too many injuries and loss of beer, sometimes from minor bumps.

http://brewing.lustreking.com/articles/brokencarboys.html

WOW. Ok, I've read enough....I'm NEVER going to glass.

 

[alpha_acid]

Also check out this thread for carboys for secondary of cider
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/water-bottle-vs-better-bottle-139264/

 

[commandercool724]

I know a spigot is only 350 but if I buy it online I am sure shipping will kill me and I have a bunch of random pvc stuff lying around the workbench. I am wondering if silicon is food safe? or what the best method of attaching it to the HD bucket

 

[alpha_acid]

I know a spigot is only 350 but if I buy it online I am sure shipping will kill me and I have a bunch of random pvc stuff lying around the workbench. I am wondering if silicon is food safe? or what the best method of attaching it to the HD bucket

There must be a local brew store in Chicago, any way post pics for your "rig" when you finish
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/food-grade-caulk-75165/

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

While we're on the subject of "food safe", is it a problem to have a polyvinylchloride (PVC) #3 bottle for brew-water storage?

I have been using standard #3 5 gallon water bottles to treat my water for chloramines with campden the night before brewday, and I was wondering if the PVC has BPA or other chemicals that may be leaching into my brew-water.

 

[alpha_acid]

While we're on the subject of "food safe", is it a problem to have a polyvinylchloride (PVC) #3 bottle for brew-water storage?

I have been using standard #3 5 gallon water bottles to treat my water for chloramines with campden the night before brewday, and I was wondering if the PVC has BPA or other chemicals that may be leaching into my brew-water.

No BPA is really only comes out when heated and really only matters to fetuses and infants, so you don't giver your beer to pregnant women and pre-teens and your should be good to go

 

[Revvy]

No BPA is really only comes out when heated and really only matters to fetuses and infants, so you don't giver your beer to pregnant women and pre-teens and your should be good to go

But what about the manboobs many of us have developed?

So it's really just the beer, NOT BPA, eh?

 

[northernlad]

I know a spigot is only 350 but if I buy it online I am sure shipping will kill me and I have a bunch of random pvc stuff lying around the workbench. I am wondering if silicon is food safe? or what the best method of attaching it to the HD bucket

If not a LHBS, you could try a restaurant supply store. We use a source called FMP and can order Tomlinson faucets and other types that will work for a bottling bucket.

 

[alpha_acid]

But what about the manboobs many of us have developed?

So it's really just the beer, NOT BPA, eh?

Yes, all do due to BPA in the beer, manboobs, poor driving, excess crying, irrational behavior, rambling on for hours about nothing, emotional, etc.

 

[doctorRobert]

is plastic naturally white? if not what difference does it make if it's white dye or orange?

 

[dougf]

The chemicals in certain dye can 'possibly' cause issues to not cause a bucket to be food grade.

 

[Fletch78]

I have two Homer buckets, and I bought them for fermenting. I was quickly turned off by them for one reason alone, and I now use one for Oxi-Clean solution, and one for sanitizing.

The reason I was turned off is the lid design. The lid is extremely difficult to get off, and the way it's designed, I ended up ripping the tabs, and I also ripped past the seal in the lid, so I don't think the one bucket is airtight anymore. Granted, it's my fault that I ripped it, I just decided at that point that the Homer buckets were too cheap, and I wasn't comfortable putting my beer in there.

You guys use lids on your buckets?

 

[SkiSoloII]

You guys use lids on your buckets?

And the silence is deafening!

As far as I know, Bass uses open fermenters and skims the yeast. Not sure that I know any homebrewers that do - Are you number 1?

I'm sure to hear from a lot of others, should roll into another thread on that one.

Dave

 

[cockybitz]

pickles, which are food, come in a bucket with... get this... a YELLOW lid. Oh the animosity!! FTR, I am 100% not concerned with the minuscule amount of dye or whatever leeches out of a bucket. I'm sure that the alcohol content in the beer is far more carcinogenic.

 

[SankePankey]

Did anyone see the bucket top wet/dry vacs they are selling right next to them for $20? Thing is sweet. Great idea.

Had to buy a new hose though. It was more expensive than the shop vac, actually.!