Large mash 2 smaller fermentation buckets or one big one ?

[tealby]

Whats the better option for a larger mash (50ltr) should i use 2 25ltr or 1 50ltr fermentation buckets ?.

[packapoo]

Do you have to move them after you've got them loaded? Or it, as the case may be....

[Anavrin]

I would go for the bigger one so long as you don't have to move it around once full, 50 litres = 50KG and that's a lot to lift if your planning on syphoning it into your Still.

I have two 60litre buckets, I use them for 40litre ferments, they are heavy to move and bad for your back to lift above waist height,

But it suits me as I have a 50litre boiler that I never fill with more than 40litres, you can also get a pump or a big 5litres jug, that's how I sometimes fill my Still, one 5litres jug at a time, doesn't take many jugs before you can lift it.

[tealby]

Thanks guys one big one it is then as you say i can always siphon it over to the still can anyone point me in the direction of a 60ltr fermentation bucket/tank ?

[Easydrinker]

Are we going around in circles here, or am I just missing something?

Robert.

[tealby]

Are we going around in circles here, or am I just missing something?

Robert.

I asked whats better 2 small fermentation containers or one big one from the replies i got i decied to go with one big one and asked if anyone could recommend one.

[Capt-Cudellez]

My tuppence worth.

Really depends how big your still is. When a wash sits around after finishing it tends to produce some fruity esters. So if you are after a neutral-ish spirit you want to run it within days of finishing.

So if running a 4l air still. 50l that you have to dip into, and potentially introduce infection over the course of 7-10 days is not as good as staggering 2 washes to finish 4-5 days apart.

If you have a bigger still, go for a bigger wash.

I'll just wait here for mash to tell you to do the bigger wash and freeze it

[tealby]

My still is 60ltr but i will only be filling to 50ltr so the wash will be used as soon as its ready.

[Capt-Cudellez]

Go big then. 2x 50l wash. Strip them over 2 days and you have enough low wines to do a productive spirt run.

[Anavrin]

These are the ones I use from Leyland Home Brew

http://www.leyland-home-brew.co.uk/60-l ... 1368-p.asp

I have two that fit nicely in my heated cupboard

[tealby]

Go big then. 2x 50l wash. Strip them over 2 days and you have enough low wines to do a productive spirt run.

50L is enough for me lol

[tealby]

These are the ones I use from Leyland Home Brew

http://www.leyland-home-brew.co.uk/60-l ... 1368-p.asp

I have two that fit nicely in my heated cupboard

They look like just what i need thanks for the link

[Mash]

Rather than lifting - consider pumping it. Very cheap to setup.

Pop one of these on the end of the 1/2 inch shyphon tube and convert it to an uphill syphon !! Probably the most used bit of kit I have.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Whale-gp1002- ... SwImRYTwC7

[tealby]

Rather than lifting - consider pumping it. Very cheap to setup.

Pop one of these on the end of the 1/2 inch shyphon tube and convert it to an uphill syphon !! Probably the most used bit of kit I have.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Whale-gp1002- ... SwImRYTwC7

Just ordered one thank you mash