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Thanks. That's the second time that's been pointed out to me. My local farm store has 7 gal food-grade buckets. How many to I need? Sounds like two, for one kit.I almost forgot about the 5 gallon bucket/carboy statement in your last post.
Almost all beer ingredient kits are designed to make 5 gallons. A 5 gallon bucket/carboy won't be big enough to deal with the fermentation process and the krausen (foamy head) that it will produce. You'll want a bigger bucket or carboy (6.5 gallon is typical for this) for your primary fermentation.