Hot wort in plastic fermenter ok?

[Coodgee]

Is it ok to put hot wort (~80-90 degrees) into a common plastic 30L barrel fermenter? Are they made out of the same stuff as the cubes that people use for no chill?

 

[manticle]

Yes.
HDPE

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

I've done it more times than I can count.

I'm not dead and no side effects from botulism either.

 

[scooterism]

I have a concern about chemical leaching, but that's just me..

 

[manticle]

As opposed to cubes or those as well? HDPE is stable, rated to 110 dec C from memory.

 

[wynnum1]

Would not put 80-90 degrees wort into a fermenter they are not all HDPE and the heat does make soft and can distort the cube its put in hot and sealed where you can not do to a fermenter and if you put hot into the fermenter its going to take a long time to cool down and could get infected.

 

[Coodgee]

thanks guys I'll check that it's HDPE type 2 before I go ahead. I just need to pump my wort into a fermenter pre-boil as part of a convoluted wort collection process.

 

[SeeFar]

I've put hot into fermenters many times and it hasn't even softened. No flavour changes. infections or resulting monsterism after drinking the beer.

I wouldn't pour hot into my blue bunnings jobbies though, they're a pretty substandard item in terms of molding quality, sealing, etc. So I wouldn't trust that plastic either.

 

[Coodgee]

^damn I was hoping for a little bit of monsterism

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I have a concern about chemical leaching, but that's just me..

HDPE will cope with high temperature, but leaching does occur at mid to high range temperatures.

 

[mattyh77]

I've put hot into fermenters many times and it hasn't even softened. No flavour changes. infections or resulting monsterism after drinking the beer.

I wouldn't pour hot into my blue bunnings jobbies though, they're a pretty substandard item in terms of molding quality, sealing, etc. So I wouldn't trust that plastic either.

I've put hot wort into those blue bunnings jerry cans.
No extra fingers grown as yet.

 

[Schikitar]

Any issue around the tap seal? As it is I have to use teflon tape to improve the plastic tap seal at the bottom of my fermenter to prevent leaks (and that's at room temp) - could hot wort compromise that seal in either the short or long term? I think I need to switch the stainless for my fermenter(s) with a decent tap..