Fermenters

[user 1153]

There was a guy selling food-grade 25L buckets with lids for $5. Good thickwalled solid buckets, no tap hole tho. Also had 10L for $4 and 5L for $2.

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Really? Is this guy a regular at the Rockingham Swap Meet / Markets?
If so where do I find this mystical place and purveyor of cheap pails.

(love the pail)

 

[PistolPatch]

Hey Troy! Probably should have said in my last post (25/01 on this thread) re the plastics distributors that there are heaps of them around O'Connor/Melville factory areas. I'm no longer in Perth but the Yellow Pages will set you right there. If you're into pails, go to these places as the range/options are impressive. You won't get a 25lt pail and lid for $5 but you'll probably get it for 10. Also there you can get spray bottles, taps and a lot of other stuff that comes in handy. It's been a while now but PlasPak in O'Connor rings a bell??? Cheers.

 

[user 1153]

Thanks PP. I actually did read your last recommendation and have checked out VitalPackaging in Myaree on the web. No signs of pails on the website but will give them a ring .

 

[stephen]

For those of you that reside in the Adelaide area the was (I haven't lived there for about 7 years now) a place called Menzals (sp?) plastics on Main North rd. opposite Parafield Airport. They used to have fermenter style containers (ie. 25 and 30L) plastic containers at quite a reasonable price.

I'm sure someone who resides in that neck of the woods will correct me (and I would be happily corrected as my recolection is old) whether they are still there and if they still sell at reasonable price.

Steve

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

"Menzels Plastics, they're fantastic, you can buy direct and save".

I remember the jingle...although my spelling is probably wrong too :beer:

PZ.

 

[Simon W]

Really? Is this guy a regular at the Rockingham Swap Meet / Markets?
If so where do I find this mystical place and purveyor of cheap pails.

Unfortunatelly, It doesn't appear that he is a regular, I've only seen him once since. I will be back there tomorrow(Sun). If I see him, I'll grab his details for you. I believe that some of these swap meet people move around from week to week, like Rocko this week, Freo next week, Waneroo the next, back to Rocko the one after etc etc.
Don't forget there's no tap hole in these pails, so racking only, and they are white plastic, not translucent.
If your willing to chance him being there this weekend, the markets are in a big carpark behind the row of shops/restaraunts on the Rockingham beachfront. If you see a highrise hotel under construction(Nautilus), yer in the right spot. Actually, there's two being built, you want the westernmost one.
If you come down the freeway south, turn right at the Thomas Road offramp(head west), drive to the very end of Thomas, turn left onto Paterson Road(now heading south) and stay on this road 'till you hit water! The last 50ish metres of Patterson is actually Railway Parade, full of angled parking, if your lucky. Oh, and if you see a sodastream at the market and your chasing one, bugger off, It's mine!! hehe
BTW, this is a different person to the one I'm hunting down for Jason, who has mysteriously disappeared!, used to be there every weekend.


Fingerlickin, Menzels is here in WA too, or were, not sure if they're still around? Clarke rubber also sold lotsa plastic stuff, dunno about buckets/pails tho.

 

[Simon W]

The guy with the pails was there yesterday.
Prices haven't changed, still $5 for 25L pail + lid.
I asked him about them, and these ones didn't have chocolate in them, they had pickles(!) so they've got a slight lingering smell, but he had some more in his van that were used for feta(sp?) cheese in a plastic lining, so no smell, they looked translucent and might be the type with tap holes, I didn't get a close look at them, $5ea too.

He also had 25L cubes with tap holes for $7!! Bargain!. These are real cubes with a square footprint, not rectangular ones. They are taller than all other cubes I've seen, so normal cubes must be 20L?
The cubes had lemon juice in them, but the one I smelled didn't smell too bad, dunno about the others.

I asked him If he'll be there next Sunday, and he said he's there EVERY sunday, yeah right. He did insist he would be there next Sunday tho after I asked again.


JaysonY, turns out this IS the guy I was hunting down for you, I remember him having a shitload of buckets, I thought it wasn't him because he's got minimal stock at the moment, he tells me supply varies.
Bad news: no he can't get screwtops, sorry

Simo

 

[JasonY]

JaysonY, turns out this IS the guy I was hunting down for you, I remember him having a shitload of buckets, I thought it wasn't him because he's got minimal stock at the moment, he tells me supply varies.
Bad news: no he can't get screwtops, sorry

Simo

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Damn, ahh well thanks for checking it out. May end up paying the $80 or so for one when I start increasing my batch size.

 

[user 1153]

I asked him If he'll be there next Sunday, and he said he's there EVERY sunday, yeah right. He did insist he would be there next Sunday tho after I asked again.

Simo

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Excellent, one last question. Where are these markets exactly?

 

[tangent]

i haven't been following this monster thread toooo closely due to the active NSW content - onya fellas, getting the best price is all a part of homebrewing I reckon!

i posted a link for SA - sa merch., on the AHB links page. they have an excellent range of fermenters up to 200L <drool> I think all are tap ready also.
Gaganis Bros have plastic and s/s fermenters for wine, but I'm sure an ale or two would work in them just as well.
and it's either Menzels (mentioned previously) or another mob in Wingfield that actually manufacture the fermenters, then supply them to all the others so price is tres low... anyone got firm prices on them?

Considering you can get a fermenter and a can of goo for about $35, it'd be surprising to see how low the manufacturers prices are.

 

[Jazman]

menzels plastics in sa went broke and close the parafield shops over 5 years ago i reckon just have a small shop elswere i think

 

[tangent]

prob wasted too much money on the dodgy ads Jaz

 

[Simon W]

If you come down the freeway south, turn right at the Thomas Road offramp(head west), drive to the very end of Thomas, turn left onto Paterson Road(now heading south) and stay on this road 'till you hit water!

Hope that helps.
The market is just a carpark surrounded by shops, cafe's and restaraunts etc. so It can't be seen from any road, but there are many paths leading into it from the three bounding roads. The market slows down and people start packing up about midday.
Theres lots of parking around, but the best spot is the park next to the Bendigo Bank.

Simo

 

[JSB]

Gents,

Menzels are on South rd - over the road from Castle Plaza


Cheers
JSB

 

[Gulf Brewery]

Just to add to JSB's comments.

They have the 60 litre containers that the HBS sell as fermenters.

Cheers
Pedro

 

[tangent]

$?

 

[chillamacgilla73]

I recently made a bucket in bucket mash tun from pails I sourced by ringing the local Bakery. They had a giggle when I told them what they were for and happily handed them over. I did purchase a couple of jam donuts in an effort to balance the ledger

I'd suggest phoning any local restaurant, cafe, bakery, butcher, caterer etc that buys bulk ingredients.

Cheers
Chilla

 

[tangent]

Barnicle Bills for Mayo buckets but they charge a few bucks and you've got to wash them thoroughly!

 

[Gulf Brewery]

$?

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high $60 mark from memory

 

[tangent]

thats 20 better than ADMerch from memory