Hot Liquid In The Fermenter!

[tnsen]

Greetings Hop Heads...I just jumped into allgrain after 5 or so extract batches...I am brewing in a bag, along with a 10 polarware pot ..now as a step to make it easier on the ol mans back...instead of lifting my wort soaked bag out after my mash when done..I opened my ball valve and drained my wort into my fermenter bucket aka the Ale Pail...along with my bottling bucket, to get my wort seperated form the grain b4 my boil...do you think that maybe that hot liquid isent a good idea in my plastic bucket?..I just thought of this after the fact....keep in mind the liquid was only 165 or so degrees (mash out)....and in for just a short time...maybe 5 minutes.... and dumped right back into the pot,any thoughts? for some reason I am thinking this would not be a good practice...thankx for the advice.....Tom

 

[Boek]

yeah, I'm thinking that is too hot as well. I don't think the bucket was made for that kind of temp but I could be wrong. I'm sure someone on here knows what the ale pail is rated for.

 

[TimpanogosSlim]

No worse than using a cooler as a mash tun, assuming that it is a food-grade bucket, which it is.

You'll get some people saying "hot side aeration" but hardly anybody believes that hot side aeration is even a thing.

 

[gandalfiii]

If those buckets are made from HDPE/#2 plastic, which they probably are, then that temp wouldn't be a problem at all as HDPE can withstand continous temps of around 230F. If it is LDPE then I wouldn't make this a common practice, but a few minutes at that temp shouldn't cause any harm.

 

[lumpher]

it's ok. i've used an ale pail for years, and abused the h out of it, and it's still good

 

[amandabab]

I doubt the plastic in the bucket is much different than the plastic in my cooler that sees the same temps for longer.

 

[airdog_47]

I have a really really short garage!!! I'm too cheap to buy a pump so I fly sparge into a fermenter bucket then place in boil kettle. I have used the bucket for fermentation with no problems or flavors.. The big thing with buckets is to not scratch them up in the inside. This may be different if you were place say direct boiling liquid in them. HDPE has a working temp of 212 so I would say no worries.

 

[CBXBob]

+1 with TimpanogosSlim, your good, and it saved your back

 

[tnsen]

Thank you gents......