needmorstuff Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I receive neutral in HDPE 200L barrels, is there anything wrong with re-purposing these as fermenters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 No, just the usual stuff - Difficult to fill, drain, clean (assuming a closed top drum). As long as you can control temperature externally, you’d be fine. 200l is still small enough that passive cooling is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needmorstuff Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Silk City Distillers said: No, just the usual stuff - Difficult to fill, drain, clean (assuming a closed top drum). As long as you can control temperature externally, you’d be fine. 200l is still small enough that passive cooling is possible. yeh, closed top, I was going to remove the inner of the top and leave 4 ridges so it an balance on top. fill/drain/clean - should be ok with top removed but drain specifically might be more difficult - I will have a pump though. I had planned on using a wort chiller coil and use an inkbird temp sensor rigged to either a solenoid to open mains water through - it fire up a pump,, if it got too hot. No plans to add heat, this is for wheat vodka and molasses rum wash's. At least it's an option if i need to watch my cashflow in the short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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