Hi Everyone,
I have hit a bit of an hurdle and need some advice. I am needing to transfer 55 gallons of 190 proof ethanol from an HDPE barrel with a 2" bung adapter. The issues is that I'm looking for a relatively cheap pump since I really only do a transfer like this once in a while (I make cocktail bitters commercially and 55 gallons goes a long way). I can seem to find manual pumps that are good for flammables, but obviously aren't intended for beverage use. All of the FDA approved pumps that I have found aren't explosion proof. I know there are some higher dollar pumps out there, but those aren't really in the budget so I'm hoping not to have to buy one.
Can someone offer some advice on transferring this amount of ethanol from the HDPE barrel to my stainless storage tank. Is there a product out there intended for this that I am just overlooking? If anyone has experience with this, please share. If you know of pumps that would work, or techniques that would work, I'm all ears. Thank you!
J