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Can anyone give me advice on the best place to buy a primary fermenter in Fredericton (looking to run two batches at once)?

I know Noble grape has a location there, it's probably your best bet if you're looking for a food grade bucket.

get some corny kegs, you'll end buying 'em anyways, so switch early and save the cash they make great primary/secondary fermenters, store easily and you can fit a lot more into a keezer!

thirdeye wrote:get some corny kegs, you'll end buying 'em anyways, so switch early and save the cash they make great primary/secondary fermenters, store easily and you can fit a lot more into a keezer!

they're better as secondaries because they are only 19 litres max. blow off would suck.

I've stopped using a blow off all together. keeping the primary under pressure (less than 10psi) basically eliminates krausen. just a matter of remembering to vent them once/twice a day. plus cleaning the kegs is way easier afterwards. another good point for kegs is that you can crash cool fast, more heat conducting surface area to rapidly chill them.

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:

thirdeye wrote:get some corny kegs, you'll end buying 'em anyways, so switch early and save the cash they make great primary/secondary fermenters, store easily and you can fit a lot more into a keezer!

they're better as secondaries because they are only 19 litres max. blow off would suck.

Corny on cornies!

KMcK wrote:

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:

thirdeye wrote:get some corny kegs, you'll end buying 'em anyways, so switch early and save the cash they make great primary/secondary fermenters, store easily and you can fit a lot more into a keezer!

they're better as secondaries because they are only 19 litres max. blow off would suck.

Corny on cornies!

what can I say, I'm an expert

Dummheit wrote:Can anyone give me advice on the best place to buy a primary fermenter in Fredericton (looking to run two batches at once)?

Scoop n Save, Wine Kitz, Co-op, and Noble grape all have buckets. not 100 percent sure on Co-op though..

Thanks for the advice (BTW, not sure what a corny keg is) but the list of stores is a help.

Dummheit wrote:Thanks for the advice (BTW, not sure what a corny keg is) but the list of stores is a help.

It's a pepsi or coke keg that homebrewers use to keg their beer.

Isnt there a local source in hrm for cornies at 25 a piece.. I am looking to add 4 to use as fermenters.

The Co-op here in Charlottetown sells primaries for $11.99 for the bucket and $2.99 for the lid. I would check the one in Fredericton.

That shipment of cornies was cleared out a while back. Not sure if there's anymore coming down the line or not.