How 'bout these for grain storage?

[Hex]

http://www.petco.com/product/104062/Gamma-SOFTSTORE-Pet-Food-Storage-System.aspx

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Sure. Why not. But, if you poke around on the USPlastic website sometimes you can find the VittleVaults for $19.99 + shipping. That is what the were when I bought mine.

 

[TheMan]

I would get one with sturdy sides. That one will do the job, but I can see how it being collapsible would be hindersome.

 

[Toecutter]

Actually that looks like one of the surplus 15 gallon containers I get from an outlet by me for $10 ea. i think mine were used for pickles. I was going to try and convert one into a fementer

 

[Walker]

a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a lid (HDPE - same material as a fermenting bucket) from Lowe's or Home Depot will hold about 22# of grain. They cost about $3.50.

 

[weirdboy]

a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a lid (HDPE - same material as a fermenting bucket) from Lowe's or Home Depot will hold about 22# of grain. They cost about $3.50.

Yeah I get a bit more in mine I think. I can fit a 50 pound bag split between two buckets.

 

[jbrookeiv]

Yeah I get a bit more in mine I think. I can fit a 50 pound bag split between two buckets.

Yea, but why not just brew a batch, and then split the rest of the grain into two buckets? Sturdy, blocks light, can't poke a hole in the side, etc.

 

[weirdboy]

Yea, but why not just brew a batch, and then split the rest of the grain into two buckets? Sturdy, blocks light, can't poke a hole in the side, etc.

Um...I do use buckets. I can usually split a 50# bag between two of them.

 

[jbrookeiv]

Um...I do use buckets. I can usually split a 50# bag between two of them.

Odd, that wasn't supposed to quote your post, lol.

 

[Randar]

Can anyone confirm which sized VittleVault (or VittleVault II) containers will hold a 50 or 55 pound sack?

 

[gratus fermentatio]

a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a lid (HDPE - same material as a fermenting bucket) from Lowe's or Home Depot will hold about 22# of grain. They cost about $3.50.

And you can still use the gamma seal lids on those buckets. It's a win/win IMHO. Regards, GF.

 

[Hex]

a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a lid (HDPE - same material as a fermenting bucket) from Lowe's or Home Depot will hold about 22# of grain. They cost about $3.50.

Not to be an ass, but are those buckets food grade? I have read that only white plastics are considered food grade.

 

[Walker]

Not to be an ass, but are those buckets food grade?

I don't think they ave been FDA or NFS tested, but they are made from a very inert plastic. for storing cool and dry items, I am not worried in the least.

To put it another way... I am pretty sure that the particle board used on the small hopper and roller enclosure of my grain mill is also not food grade material, but I've got no problem using that mill.

I have read that only white plastics are considered food grade.

That can't possibly be true, because I have a lot of plastic stuff in my kitchen that is not white; blue and red tupperware, black spatulas, brown beverage pitcher, every possible color of sippy cup for my kids, etc.

 

[Hex]

Thanks Walker! When I was in the market for a 20 gal. food grade trash can for fermenting my first wine, the restaurant supply owner told me that only the white ones were usable for food in restaurants in California. That notion has stuck in the back of my mind.

I like the idea of a collapsible storage container for grain to keep as much O2 out as possible. Maybe I could fill CO2 in a rigid bucket...

 

[MikeRoBrew1]

He is probably talking about receiving bulk wet food items (think pickles for example). They always come in white plastic buckets. Any bucket (in a commercial application) of another color is a way of indicating that the bucket used to hold something other than food and should not be used for food.

Again it doesn't mean you couldn't wash it and use it (depending on what it held) but in a restaurant someone could be in a hurry and it's a simple fast visual indicator of what to use.