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Yeah those Letina tanks from St Pats are awfully affordable too, when compared to most other manufacture/brokers. You can get an 80 gallon on wheels, variable capacity, sample port, bla bla bla for just a bit more than a brand new stainless drum in 55g !! I'm guessing the variable capacity ones might not be good for high proof with the rubber gasket system in the lid? Guessing? Nice closed lid ones for that though. Scrounge

Thanks for the reply Lenny. Glacier is one of the manufactures/brokers that I was looking at. I'll try and give you a call today as I'd love to pick your brain a bit about their equipment. Scrounge

Thanks Artisan, I guess the lauter(let me get it spelled right) aspect isn't very hard to understand. Im just wondering how I go about doing grain in ferment/distilling if ive got a fixed screen in there. By the way your guy Eric is digging up some info for me on this and some other Q's to see if you guys can take care of my needs.

Haaaahaaa that is pretty funny! Dang ole spell check didn't even help me there. I will pm and email at you. Thanks!

Would anyone be willing to share with me the specifics of their mash tun design? I would like to have the ability to laughter or pump out my mash grain in. Is a removable false bottom how others handle this, and just set it up for that particular cook? If not removable false bottom, another say 2" drain just above the screen for pumping out grain-in? I didn't really think this would be a hold up in getting a mash tun ordered, but when I talk about this with possible manufactures they all seem to be scratching they're head a bit on this. Not that they couldn't build it however I wanted, just that they don't really know how anyone else is doing it. I really figured there would be a standard at the manufacture end for this since from my research, people are doing a lot of both(laughter/grain-in). The beer guys just think im a moron for wanting to do a grain-in ferment and im kinda hearing anyone else scratch their head. Anyhow any thoughts on how you or others have it set up would be much appreciated. Just don't want to be boxed into a method by an uneducated equipment purchase. If it matters,I'm looking for 10bbl,steam jacketed,agitation,and as I mentioned the ability to laughter or pump out grain-in. Thanks for anyone's time!!! Josh