storing of 50 lb bags of base malt

[madbaldman]

If you want to store grains for the long haul, your best bet is to heat seal them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Once the oxygen is mostly gone, pests won't be a problem (many pest eggs are already in the grain - the trick is killing them before they can hatch and infest the grain). Here's a link to the basic procedure:

http://www.americanpreppersnetwork.com/2011/03/storing-beans-and-rice-in-mylar-bags.html

 

[Hammy71]

I bought this a few weeks ago. Got it for scrap price. It'll hold a little shy of a 100 gallons and is all stainless. Plus has a sealed lid. Not sure what I gonna do with it, but I'm saving my grains in it for now. How could I resist it? It's stainless, big, and shiny!!!!

 

[emjay]

If you're going to use buckets, get some gamma seal lids. The things are amazing and actually make the bucket *truly* airtight.

Well, except for the small amount that the plastic itself lets through, but even the buckets with the foam gaskets won't make a perfect seal. Heck, they won't even necessarily keep bugs out of them.

The gamma seal lids are fantastic though, and everybody who has seen my grain buckets with these lids pretty much all geek out over them, and most wind up buying their own. The response I get from people seems way overblown for a LID, but they really are that amazing.