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SS Brew Bucket questions before ordering
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I really like my brew bucket, has definitely served me well. Only issue I've had is with high gravity beers pushing the top up (my Pliny the Younger clone was too aggressive for the space in the fermenter). I think I am going to be adding a lid to the BB to extend the usefulness of it. Love conical fermenters! Only wish would be a dump at the bottom of the conical...
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Just figured I'd give a little update now since I've brewed a good amount of beers using my Brewmaster Bucket's. So far I'm loving them and think they've been a significant upgrade for my brewing. The ease of removing the lid compared to my screw off Coopers plastic fermenters is such a huge difference. Cleaning is also a huge improvement in ease and speed. Having the digital thermometer has been awesome and I've tested it to be extremely accurate. Taking a hydrometer sample is also so much easier as my plastic Cooper's spigot's had a lot of resistance and would often turn the whole spigot if not held with another hand - which is a bit of a pain to do when also holding the hydrometer tube. I've not had a single instance of leakage but I will say I did upgrade all my o-rings to slightly thicker one's from the o-ringstore.com. Not because I had any issues, just because finger tightening easily warped the original o-rings where they'd pop out on a side if slightly over-tightened.
Last week I did my Hefeweizen and thought there might be some blowoff as even in my larger Cooper's fermenters I've had aggressive Hefeweizen fermentations that bubbled up out of the airlock. I used their 90 degree blowoff elbow attachment for the lid. I didn't get any blowoff but it still worked like a charm. Originally planned to buy the domed conical lid for the extra headspace when doing hefe's but now I don't think there's a need and the blowoff attachment will do find if needed.
Anyhow, still loving my Ss Brewmaster Buckets... loving them big time!
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Last week I did my Hefeweizen and thought there might be some blowoff as even in my larger Cooper's fermenters I've had aggressive Hefeweizen fermentations that bubbled up out of the airlock. I used their 90 degree blowoff elbow attachment for the lid. I didn't get any blowoff but it still worked like a charm. Originally planned to buy the domed conical lid for the extra headspace when doing hefe's but now I don't think there's a need and the blowoff attachment will do find if needed.
Anyhow, still loving my Ss Brewmaster Buckets... loving them big time!
Rev.
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