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[brewman]

What do you guys use for bulk grain storage?

 

Dan

[SchwanzBrewer]

I use those white barrels with the red lids that I used to ferment in. They'll hold a sack +.

[MakeMeHoppy]

I store is a plastic sterlite container.  Years about I had a great idea is using old plastic water cooler bottles but the mice ate right through that.

[MyaCullen]

5 gallon hardware store buckets with  Gamma lids

[denny]

What do you guys use for bulk grain storage?

 

Dan

 

The sack the grain comes in, stored in a large plastic Rubbermaid storage tub.  Have kept open sacks 3+ years that way with no issues.

[HVB]

I use those white barrels with the red lids that I used to ferment in. They'll hold a sack +.

This

[positiveContact]

homer buckets.

[Bklmt2000]

Vittles Vaults.  Look on Amazon.

 

I have 6 of the ones that hold 50 lbs.  Air- and water-tight.  Worth the $$$.

 

Link: https://www.amazon.c...=vittles vaults

[brewman]

I ended up getting a 50lb Vittles Vault.

 

Dan

[Deerslyr]

Can't go wrong with a V.V.

I've had grain keep for a long time in them... both in arid and humid climates.

[MyaCullen]

Can't go wrong with a V.V.

I've had grain keep for a long time in them... both in arid and humid climates.

a Gamma Lid on a H0mer bucket does the same thing for a lot less $

Edited by miccullen, 19 February 2016 - 09:59 AM.

[djinkc]

The sack the grain comes in, stored in a large plastic Rubbermaid storage tub.  Have kept open sacks 3+ years that way with no issues.

 

Same here.

[HVB]

a Gamma Lid on a H0mer bucket does the same thing for a lot less $

only issue is you cannot get a full sack in a homer bucket. 

[denny]

Same here.

 

Which kinda makes ya wonder about all the fuss, huh?

[positiveContact]

only issue is you cannot get a full sack in a homer bucket. 

 

true.  takes about 2.1 buckets.

[Deerslyr]

Well.. I've got two of the V.V.'s (or something similar that I picked up at Costco that actually has the lid at an angle so you can stack them and access them)... one for 2 Row and the other for Pilsner malt.  There is usually enough room in there for me to store various specialty grains that I have purchased, but not yet used, along with a few other miscellaneous items I need when measuring out the grain.

 

I have also used Homer buckets as well, but as pointed out you need more of them.  

[Steve Urquell]

Well.. I've got two of the V.V.'s (or something similar that I picked up at Costco that actually has the lid at an angle so you can stack them and access them)... one for 2 Row and the other for Pilsner malt.  There is usually enough room in there for me to store various specialty grains that I have purchased, but not yet used, along with a few other miscellaneous items I need when measuring out the grain.
 
I have also used Homer buckets as well, but as pointed out you need more of them.

Thats a great idea on the angle neck VV. I've been sticking my grain sacks in giant vacuum bags for years under my staircase. It's a pita to access the grain.

[Deerslyr]

I also want to point out that when I initially got them, we were living in California and the only place I had to store them were in the garage, so I needed to be absolutely certain rodents couldn't get to them.

[matt6150]

true. takes about 2.1 buckets.

I can get a 50lb. sack to fit into 2 Lowe's buckets if I really pack it in.

[bigdaddyale]

Back in the good old days when you could get a corney keg for 13 bucks I bought a couple to hold my grain.I hit it with co2 to help keep the grains fresh