Sure, a majority of homebrewers use plastic buckets to ferment in, I
personally use a glass carboy. as far as your kegs I would say they are more
valuable as a mash tun and boiling kettle for doing all-grain batches and
full volume boils. If you do want to ferment in them they need to be closed
off well enough to keep nasties out and the airlock is to vent the co2 while
keeping o2 out.
Of course I am assuming you are referring to standard beer kegs not soda or
"corny" kegs which most use as serving kegs for their brew.
"Dave Calhoun" <dave@colquhoun.com> wrote in message
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> So, could I frement in fermenting buckets and then use the keg as the
> secondary fermenter? When you say "close it off..air lock" do you mean
> that it must be airtight or just keep stuff out?
>
> Also, is there any downside to fermenting in plastic buckets as opposed
> to glass carboys?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
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> > 1. Yes you can ferment in steel but you need a way to close it off and[/color][/color]
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> > some sort of air lock.[/color][/color]