I have used NB a # of times and my shipments have always arrived in the stated window. That being said my personal belief is that all in stock orders should ship out the next business day. The price determines the speed of the delivery companies service level not the speed of the warehouse. In...
Beer will be fine. You can leave it in there until you're ready to bottle/ keg if you want. If you leave it in there until final gravity is reached you can seal the lid all the way but be sure fg is reached by using hydrometer before sealing it.
I have an old chest freezer that I plugged into a temp controller. That's the other reason I choose the bucket, it fits in the freezer but the chronicle is too tall so I would've had to build a collar to make the freezer deeper. So I can use my freezer to control fermentation temps or I can use...
I got this one from more beer http://www.morebeer.com/products/homebrew-draft-system-pin-lock-keg.html
Being able to transfer from ferment vessel to keg using the racking arm/ ball valve was awesome. So easy and so much faster than bottling.
I did end up getting the SS Brew Bucket so that I could also afford a kegging system. I've only used it once but it worked well and being able to keg was awesome.
You should check o2 from bottling single bottle direct from bottling bucket then compare to o2 from your method to see if end result is better or worse than the traditional method
Trying to decide between the SS bucket and kegging system or 7 gal chronicle. I would get kegging system eventually anyway but it might be awhile. Also wondering if anyone that has bought the SS bucket regretted not getting the Chronicle instead.
IIRC Todd English P.U.B had a pretty good selection. A little pricey but not bad. It's located @ The City Center Shops which is somewhere around The Aria I think.
I just looked it up, It's the Shops at Crystals
Never done a BIAB but I know that youd boil without the lid. The boiling drives off unwanted compounds such as DMS and if you leave the lid on the compounds go back into the wort. I've also read that you should be carefull when squeezing the grain bag so you don't extract tannins. Can really...