I don't know what plastic it's made of (I don't have it handy at the moment) but if came from the Brew & Grow in Crystal Lake. (Awesome place BTW.)
As for the fermenter...missed it by that much! It's a hair too small to use with the Mr. Beer kits so I guess I need to pick up one of the HDPE glaze buckets from the donut shop.
I don't brew, but do use those buckets for all kinds of stuff. My baby sister works in a large bakery from time to time, and gets me all I need once or twice a year.
Mebbe a stupid question, but what's "acceptable" plastic for a fermenter, and why? I'd think one of those 3-5 gallon water jugs would do the trick...
Usually you want plastics of a known quantity that are "food grade" so no poisons leech into the beer. Usually it's PET, HDPE, and sometimes LDPE. Most of the large plastic water jugs are number 7 plastic which means "other" so you have no clue what's in them.
Hah! Sure enough, the bottle sitting on my water cooler is a 7... Interesting that *drinking water* can be packaged this way, no?
I love the old 5-gallon glass jugs. Still have one, in fact - if you blow across the neck, it shakes the house.
Oh, and on another subject we discussed recently... I just had the pleasure of reverse-engineering an ozone bubbler for my dad's well guy. What a hoot!
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As for the fermenter...missed it by that much! It's a hair too small to use with the Mr. Beer kits so I guess I need to pick up one of the HDPE glaze buckets from the donut shop.
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Mebbe a stupid question, but what's "acceptable" plastic for a fermenter, and why? I'd think one of those 3-5 gallon water jugs would do the trick...
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I love the old 5-gallon glass jugs. Still have one, in fact - if you blow across the neck, it shakes the house.
Oh, and on another subject we discussed recently... I just had the pleasure of reverse-engineering an ozone bubbler for my dad's well guy. What a hoot!
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