![]() You could start with your inexpensive plastic fermenter and then transfer to your corny kegs to finish off the fermentation before transferring it to your keezer. I only brew about two gallons, so my fermenters and carboys are more practical to move around. Of course, this is also a question of scale. If you adapt your process, a leaky fermenter is less of an issue than you might think. How much it might stale and oxidise your beer depends on the size of the leak and the exposure time of course.įor the fermentation itself a leaky bucket is not a problem, I regularly ferment using an open fermentation, but when the fermentation slows down I transfer it to a carboy with an airlock, which is sure to be airtight.Īll right, this might not really the answer you might be looking for, but what I am trying to say is, don't be fixated about such things. This air will mix with the carbon dioxide. ![]() The main problem with leaking buckets and fermenters is that when the fermentation finishes, normal air will start to enter and might start oxidising your beer. Plenty of you guys are using buckets to ferment. I got this far and thought I'd throw it out here. Maybe I could use one of my corny kegs to ferment with, but haven't read up on that yet. Now I'm eyeballing the Anvil 7.5 or Chapman ST07NP but that's a good chunk of change for starting out. If things go bad during primary because the bucket leaks, it's $70 shot and you haven't even made a beer yet. So, I figure a brew kit is about $40 bucks and the cheapest you can get a crappy fermenter for is about $30. Is it really this hard to make a fermenter that doesn't leak? wth? The Bigmouth Bubbler looked great and easy to get in and clean until I found out everyone complaining the lid blows off and saw pics of people rigging up straps and duct tape to hold the thing in place. So, I gave up on the bucket and started looking into PET carboys. The problem is, every bucket fermeter review I find complains of the lid not sealing or it didn't come with and o-ring or somehow otherwise it just inexplicably leaks. ![]() Thought I'd go with a 6 or 7 gallon bucket fermenter (I have two 5 gallon corny kegs) because if I decide to scrap the whole project, well, I still have a $30 bucket I can use for ice fishing. That kind of makes half the stuff in the "homebrew starter" kits not usable for me (capper, bottles, caps and maybe the siphon depending if fermenter has a spigot) so kind of piece-mealing things. I've got a kegerator so not planning on bottling. I've been reading the Palmer book and looking around for gear.
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