No-chill in a pressure barrell

[Tetsuo1981]

Hi all.

Hoping to finally have a go at BIAB brewing this year. Needing to do no-chill untill I can get running water to my brewshed and don't really want to buy a dedicated vessel. Got me thinking about using my Wilko pressure barrel as I can purge the O2 with CO2 keeping the beer safe while it comes to pitching temp. Does this sound feasible? I just want to try and utilise what I have rather than buy another thing when my cash is best served in getting water to the shed

Cheers

 

[aamcle]

You should be OK (no guarantee) if you carefully sanitise the PB and let the wort cool a bit in your boiler..

DON'T seal the PB after you fill it as it cools it may be sucked in, just leave the lid loose or cover the top with a cloth soaked in starsan.


ATB aamcle

 

[Tetsuo1981]

DON'T seal the PB after you fill it as it cools it may be sucked in, just leave the lid loose or cover the top with a cloth soaked in starsan.

Thanks for that, didn't think about possible vacuum (physics not my strong point!).