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North Mountain Supply 5-Gallon Vented Hedpak with Faucet
A semi-rigid HDPE liquid container with a vented cap and faucet, for storage and dispensing rather than a verified airlocked fermentation setup.
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The equipment in use
How this item fits your brewing setup
This Hedpak is the storage-and-dispensing option for a brewing workspace. Its faucet lets you draw liquid without repeatedly pouring from the main opening. Choose it for that handling role, rather than treating every container sold in a fermentation category as a complete active-fermentation vessel.
The supplier identifies a semi-rigid HDPE body, nominal five-gallon size, molded top handle, bottom finger grips and a 70 mm screw-cap opening. A vent and faucet support dispensing: replacement air can enter while liquid leaves, reducing the interrupted pouring associated with an unvented container. That dispensing vent is not the same component as a fermentation airlock.
The pictured faucet is supplied with the container. Check its actual connection before buying replacement taps or transfer hoses; a matching container volume or cap diameter alone does not establish the faucet thread. Allow room for the projecting outlet where the container will sit, not only space for the body.
Compare a fermentation bucket with a drilled lid and suitable airlock if your next step is active fermentation. Choose the Hedpak when you need its storage closure and dispensing arrangement. No hot-fill, carbonation, pressure-transfer or universal chemical-compatibility rating is established here, so those uses are not reasons to choose this reference.
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Specifications & supplied details
- Model
- HP-FC-5G
- Container material
- Semi-rigid HDPE
- Nominal size
- 5 US gal
- Main closure
- 70 mm screw cap
- Dispensing accessory
- Faucet included
- Vent
- Vented cap arrangement
- Handling
- Molded top handle and bottom finger grips
- Catalogue role
- Liquid storage and dispensing
Before and during use
Advice for this reference
Before you choose
Select it for a storage-and-dispensing task; choose a separately verified fermentation vent arrangement for active fermentation.
Also check
Check the outlet connection independently of the 70 mm main-cap opening when selecting a replacement faucet or hose.
Documented use & care
Follow the supplied directions for the actual body, closure and faucet. No cleaning chemical, temperature limit or universal compatibility with brewing cleaners is inferred.
Connections & scope
Fit and useful limits
- The dispensing vent does not establish an included fermentation airlock or pressure rating.
- The 70 mm figure describes the main cap opening, not a verified faucet thread size.
- No guaranteed compatibility with hot liquids, solvents, carbonation or gas-pressure systems is claimed.
Questions about this product
What else should you know?
Does the vent replace a fermentation airlock?
Its stated role is smooth dispensing while liquid is drawn off. Choose a verified airlocked fermentation setup if gas-release control during active fermentation is the task.
Can I buy a replacement faucet by matching 70 mm?
That figure describes the main screw-cap opening. Confirm the actual faucet connection separately; it is not a stated faucet-thread specification.
Will it fit flush against a shelf edge?
Allow for the projecting faucet and access to operate it. The container body alone is not the complete dispensing footprint.
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