Home Brew Fermenters Guide 1 of 3 - Plastic Bucket Homebrew Fermenter For Homebrewing

[88BeautifulGirls]

Well this is an interesting video. I've started out homebrewing using better bottles and a glass carboy sometimes and I am building a fermentation chamber now.

I've actually come to the conclusion that this is perfect to fit into a chest freezer with a temp controller. Easy to clean the krausen if you keep in the bucket all along and go directly to keg or bottle after 2-3 weeks. No need to check gravity at all if you don't rack to 2ndary before bottling. No need to open it after you pitch.

[mbcyclery]

if your clumsy, keep the lid partially atop the bucket. if you don't know how to conduct a SANITARY siphon, add a drum tap or bottling spigot via a 1" hole. then affix 3/8 id tubing. BAM!

[vonnegut21]

Why not just ferment in a bottling bucket? They're cheap, easy to clean and you can access the sample without risking contamination. Not to mention it's easy to aerate your wort before adding your yeast.

Now if only someone would make a clear bottling bucket so I could see what's going on in there.....

[loknfwrd]

@vonnegut21 check out the coopers new DYI kit . it has all you asked for and more.

[agtaylor78]

Great video about the pros and cons, but I've got to say that your biggest con...taking the lid all the way off...is not exactly ture. I've been using plastic buckets for a long time and I have never needed to take the lid all the way off to check fermentation or to take hydro readings. You simply just take the lid up on one side a little (say 1/3 the way off) and it gives you a lot of access to take hydro readings. Also, if it's been fermenting for a long time contamination is ~less~ an iss