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I picked up a brew bucket yesterday, it certainly did not feel 8KG
What's a good FV to use
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I use speidel fv, easy to clean, good seals on lid and a tap which is at a good height, blow off on top is a good diameter for fermenting active brews.
https://shop.speidels-braumeister.de/en/fermentation-tanks/30-litre-fermenting-vessel
https://shop.speidels-braumeister.de/en/fermentation-tanks/30-litre-fermenting-vessel
I thought brew bucket was 6ish kg? To be honest I don't notice a significant difference in lifting that on to a counter top when full of wort to a plastic fv full of wort.
The only other item I find really essential is a TILT, missus bought me this a couple of year ago in a sale. Is excellent for keeping an eye on the gravity. I’ve stuck to using MJ yeasts and all seem to ferment my wort around 6-7 days.
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Just bought a cheap £7 bucket.
It's nowhere near the quality of my boots one which is probably 25 years old but will do the same job.
Maybe not for as long.
The boots one has a tap and I have started fermenting lager in my wine fermenting vessel. The plastic shoulder type with cap.
I then rack to the boots one and use the bottling wand.
Interestingly having made beaverdale 6 bottle kits, I've bought a beaverdale 30 bottle kit and it reccomends using an open bucket for fermentation rather than the shoulder type ???.
It's nowhere near the quality of my boots one which is probably 25 years old but will do the same job.
Maybe not for as long.
The boots one has a tap and I have started fermenting lager in my wine fermenting vessel. The plastic shoulder type with cap.
I then rack to the boots one and use the bottling wand.
Interestingly having made beaverdale 6 bottle kits, I've bought a beaverdale 30 bottle kit and it reccomends using an open bucket for fermentation rather than the shoulder type ???.
AdeDunn
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I've had one of those for a while now, and having used a few, I am going to go ahead and say they're probably one of the best you can get. Very easy to clean and use, and the massive airlock you can get for them is fantastic, or you can just put a tap on the top and use it as a blow off. Heck, if you don't like having a tap at the bottom, buy one anyway if you want a blow off tube, just for the top, and use the supplied cap on the bottom fitting (it doesn't come supplied with tap or airlock).
I've just bought a Brew Monk stainless steel conical (well, my wife did, for my birthday earlier this month) though. I'm done using PET FVs, they scratch so easily, and are far from easy to clean IME. I don't ferment under pressure, so honestly don't care which one does this better.
As to plastic buckets, they often find themselves pressed into use either in the garden or house and rendered unusable for brewing, so I try to avoid making them my only FVs... lol My last lot are in the garden full of rubble from when we decided it was time to clear the back a bit.... This is the problem with plastic bucket FVs, they're too darned versatile! Better to get something my wife isn't going to eye up.... lol
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Hi,
I wouldn’t get caught up in the notion that there is something better out there. If you want to improve your brewing experience, I would venture into the world of all grain brewing. But even then, when it comes to gear. Get as big a stock pot as you can find, a grain bag and away you go.
Fireside Ales Homebrewery
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Further to this... on your comment about not getting the kits right. I wouldn’t worry about that. Personally I find all grain a lot easier to get great results from over the kits. I have achieved a few good brews from the more expensive kits but then I found I was wasting money on a kit when great quality grain is way cheaper. Teamed with quality yeast and hops and a decent recipe. Mate you will never look back.
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