New fermenter

[waynetempro]

What about using some white 5 gallon buckets as fermenters? You can fill them to about the 4 gallon mark and that would give you plenty of headspace to ferment. If you are making an 8 gallon batch, then split it between two buckets. Grab a couple of the 2 gallon white buckets for anything that goes over that it and for small batches. An advantage of using them like this is that it’s easier to handle a bucket that had 4 gallons of brew. And you also make a variant in the second or third bucket from the original recipe.

 

[Yesfan]

You can get a 5-gallon food grade bucket at Home Depot for $5.98. I don't think it would cost much to buy a spigot and mount it in the bucket. Larger sized buckets would be more expensive and more difficult to find.

You can save that $5.98 and put that towards the spigot. Instead of Home Depot, go to a bakery or the bakery dept of your grocery store. The icing buckets they use are throw aways. You can't beat free. The nicer bakers may even rinse the bucket/lids for you too.

I probably should have. I've got an oil filter strap wrench in the garage. Unless there's something really odd to the shape of the lid it should be fine.

I've used both. You're good either way, but I do think the Fermonster lid handle makes it a bit easier than a strap wrench. I also just snug the lid too after filling. This makes the lids much easier to get off with the wrench.

Check out the thread where you can add a floating dip to the Fermonster's lid.

 

[rlrohan]

You can save that $5.98 and put that towards the spigot. Instead of Home Depot, go to a bakery or the bakery dept of your grocery store. The icing buckets they use are throw aways. You can't beat free. The nicer bakers may even rinse the bucket/lids for you too.

I have a few icing buckets from Walmart. They work great for storing grain. The 3 or so gallon round ones even had a gasket in the lid. The larger rectangular shaped buckets I got from there I use for soaking and cleaning bottles. Can't beat the price!