Lucky me primary bucket

[Flem]

You're right, they might not be food grade. I think what everybody is liking about them is that it would be airtight allowing both vacuum racking and fermentation to "dry" in the primary with the ease of a screw top.

 

[BobF]

I haven't tried one yet, but these will seal a regular bucket and provide a screw on lid:
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=24282&catid=686

 

[Rocky]

I think I might snag one of those gamma seals and use it on a bucket from L'Uva Bella. Should work for the white wines without skings. They do not say whether they are drilled for an airlock (I would think not) but that would not be a problem and George sells the gromments.

 

[Dugger]

Rocky - you can also just drill a hole to accept the bung without a grommet if you wish. I usually drill a hole to accept a #6.5 or #7 bung to match the carboy setup, but you can match any size bung you choose. I then don't have to worry about the grommet being pushed in and one less place for nasties to hide.

 

[Runningwolf]

I've done the same thing as Dugger. Steve showed me that trick several years ago. Really though, I just lay the lid on and rack to a secondary carboy. Juice buckets have very little sediment.

 

[tonyt]

You're right, they might not be food grade.

this is one company I found selling the exact bucket. They are going to let me know tomorrow if they are food safe. Check out the price each! Wow. Lucky me!
http://www.newpig.com/us/pig-reg-10-gallon-overpack-salvage-drum/PAK181