Grain strainer at Woolworths/Safeway

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 10:03 am

If you had 4/5 of these 5L demi johns you could trial different yeast with identical grain bills.....

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 11:58 am

Yes that is very true, I could always use $0.89 6L pails with glad wrap over them

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 1:13 pm

you mean just plain old household buckets? are they food-grade? wouldn't like anything to leach out of the plastic..

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 1:54 pm

Yes those buckets are exactly what I mean. I just checked mine, it is actually 9L but does not say what kind of plastic it is made of.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 2:19 pm

Kev, you know my opinion on the term 'food grade'....

I reckon the buckets are the go, easier to get the beer out of than my 5L glass demi johns. I have a jiggler siphon which isnt the best since it stirs up the brew quite a bit!

I use the same buckets for 'measuring' my water for brewing and also for storing the one shot when sanitising the brewery.

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 2:27 pm

If my fridge shelves are strong enough to hold them I could potentialy fit 12 in at a time, which is three 24L batches at 6L per bucket.

I would have to rig something up to keep the rubberband from creeping down the bucket and letting the cling wrap come away from the bucket, though I have not tried it looks like the sides are at too much of an angle for the band to stay up on it's own.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 2:33 pm

Blue tack

or the ubiquitous duct tape.

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 3:46 pm

Leave it to you to suggest duct tape

It just might be crazy enough to work!