Plastic Buckets...

[clintmo]

hey,

i was curious, i wouldn't mind having a few extra plastic buckets (no need for a tap) lying around the place for the odd use in brewing and other things...

where do you guys source these? i think i have read somewhere on here bakeries often use them for something... cos i would love to pick up a few extras for cheap $$. i could always buy them straight up but finding is more fun hey

clint

 

[Steve]

hey,

i was curious, i wouldn't mind having a few extra plastic buckets (no need for a tap) lying around the place for the odd use in brewing and other things...

where do you guys source these? i think i have read somewhere on here bakeries often use them for something... cos i would love to pick up a few extras for cheap $$. i could always buy them straight up but finding is more fun hey

clint

errrr Bunnings? $2-$3 each

 

[clintmo]

errrr Bunnings? $2-$3 each

for real... ? thats so damned cheap and i was in there on the weekend too >_<

 

[kevnlis]

What size bucket? 20L is $10 or so at bunnings.

 

[lou]

these guys are pretty cheap

http://www.malcolmpaulsales.com.au/

can get everything you need there - sometimes bunnings don't stock buckets and I find if you need new lids etc they are great

lou

 

[Steve]

What size bucket? 20L is $10 or so at bunnings.

I dunno what size - just normal round bucket size. I grabbed two a red one and a green one.

 

[Adamt]

Is the red one faster?

 

[tangent]

BIG ~20L mayo buckets with lids cleaned and ready for making into mash tuns - $5 at Barnacle Bills
(also fit a corny keg with about 20mm gap for ice around the sides)

 

[oldbugman]

got a piccie tangent?

 

[tangent]

2 of these and an electric drill and you have a mash tun

 

[JSB]

and some bubble wrap!

Cheers
JSB

 

[drsmurto]

2 of these and an electric drill and you have a mash tun

and some bubble wrap!
Cheers
JSB

Isnt that a MacGyver quote.... ? :huh:

 

[petesbrew]

Isnt that a MacGyver quote.... ? :huh:

2 buckets, a drill, some bubble wrap... Nah, I reckon macgyver would make a hovercraft out of that.

 

[tangent]

i didn't mention the bubblewrap - that's an EXECUTIVE mash tun

 

[crozdog]

I got the local kebab shop to save a few 20l jobbies with lid that they get fetta cheese in them. A soak in percarbonate - bewdiful :super:

took him a couple of brews for payment. :beer:

 

[tangent]

that's the great thing about barnybills is they've already washed them. i reckon $2.50 for the bucket and lid and $2.50 for some kid to wash them.

 

[the_fuzz]

Was anyone thinking bulk buy cubes when they saw this?

http://www.malcolmpaulsales.com.au/prodview.php?id=26

 

[bradmcm]

Could try your local BBQ chicken/fish and chip shop. Mayonnaise for the coleslaw gets delivered in them...

 

[warrenlw63]

Was anyone thinking bulk buy cubes when they saw this?

http://www.malcolmpaulsales.com.au/prodview.php?id=26

More in keeping with the topic.

Plastic Buckets

20 Litre ones are around $9 each incl. lid... Gets cheaper the more you buy.

Warren -

 

[braufrau]

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2 of these and an electric drill and you have a mash tun

Hey! That is my mash tun!

I got mine from barnacle bills (obviously) for $5 but when I was asking around the local cafes
for buckets for cheese making, the cafe that sells yoghurt said they'd happily give me 10l ones because
they throw heaps away.

And the butcher gave me a couple of 4l ones too.

The organic cafe sold me, for next to nothing, some olive buckets.

Actually, this is my mash tun