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Greeting from the Atlas Barrel Company! Cooperage in Minneapolis that makes 30 & 53-gallon barrels with our local MN oak. Just wanted to introduce ourselves to the growing distillers market. Excited to have joined the industry in 2014, and looking forward to partnering with distilleries to make better spirits together for years to come! Check us out if you have spirits that need a temporary home. We have thirsty barrels that happily await the day to meet your barrel houses. Cheers! http://atlasbarrel.com/

Anyone got a hot lead on 55 gal stainless barrels besides the usual suspects (Bubba's, JDP)?

I do molasses/sugar fermentations using Fermaid yeast supplements, DAP, and a calcium Buffer against pH crashing. I do a second supplement/DAP/calcium/molasses/sugar/water addition at 1/3 sugar depletion of the original start. My fermentations will finish in 3-4 days at 90f, 4-5 days at 80f. You really shouldn't need or want to aerate after fermentation begins as oxygen introduced will reduce your yield because the yeast will use that for other efforts than ethanol production. I would be curious as to what the pH is now, and the quality of the supplements as a sugar wash is nutrient poor.