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Dunno about the tap quality, but I've had no issues with this eBay supplier. I've used them 4-5times, but granted that was for basic things very far removed from a tap which may be factory seconds or an inferior copy.
 
Lowlyf said:
Can't afford not to! I dont know how shops justify $50+ for them
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I don't really know what it is, or how it works, but my hydrometer is 4 points out and the little bottle you fill up is cracking, so I got one too :p
 
Scored myself some stainless winemaking drums recently. Four of them have lids/seals etc, the fifth might make a nice candidate for a HLT. $110 for the lot.
I bought them sight unseen as I had a feeling it was a steal, and someone else would get to them first. They were used for small batch winemaking. Anyone know what modifications I'll need to make to use them as fermenters? Installing a beer post and diptube, I assume
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mtb said:
Scored myself some stainless winemaking drums recently. Four of them have lids/seals etc, the fifth might make a nice candidate for a HLT. $110 for the lot.
I bought them sight unseen as I had a feeling it was a steal, and someone else would get to them first. They were used for small batch winemaking. Anyone know what modifications I'll need to make to use them as fermenters? Installing a beer post and diptube, I assume
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mtb how in the heck are you getting these past the missus? As I recall you were recently frightened over some stainless benches.
 
Nice score MTB...if I was in Canberra, I'd be able to help by borrowing one or two of those from you!
 
mtb said:
Scored myself some stainless winemaking drums recently. Four of them have lids/seals etc, the fifth might make a nice candidate for a HLT. $110 for the lot.
I bought them sight unseen as I had a feeling it was a steal, and someone else would get to them first. They were used for small batch winemaking. Anyone know what modifications I'll need to make to use them as fermenters? Installing a beer post and diptube, I assume
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5v all the way, you know you wanna go pro!
 
This may all depend upon how many life's your got left mtb. Have you heard of Dante's Inferno, 9 circles of hell? It's a worry when your avatar appears next to "ebay and gum tree finds" on the post listings. :noworries:
 
mtb said:
Scored myself some stainless winemaking drums recently. Four of them have lids/seals etc, the fifth might make a nice candidate for a HLT. $110 for the lot.
I bought them sight unseen as I had a feeling it was a steal, and someone else would get to them first. They were used for small batch winemaking. Anyone know what modifications I'll need to make to use them as fermenters? Installing a beer post and diptube, I assume
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Nahh no diptubes - just get a non-weld bulkhead fitting and build stands, so the outlet can be on the centre of the base.

If you're fermenting this large though, temperature control becomes a bigger issue. Also, that's a hell of a hot side to produce batches that big!
 
klangers said:
Nahh no diptubes - just get a non-weld bulkhead fitting and build stands, so the outlet can be on the centre of the base.

If you're fermenting this large though, temperature control becomes a bigger issue. Also, that's a hell of a hot side to produce batches that big!
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Great idea. I'll get onto that today I think.

Grott - I'm still kicking myself that I didn't buy the stainless bench. I doubt I'll find another that suited for a brewery in Canberra for a very long time, for the price. And if I spruce up the brewery enough, I can install a panic room for when SWMBO decides to research how much it's all *actually* worth, and my standard "Gumtree bargain" excuse doesn't save me.
 
mtb said:
Great idea. I'll get onto that today I think.

Grott - I'm still kicking myself that I didn't buy the stainless bench. I doubt I'll find another that suited for a brewery in Canberra for a very long time, for the price. And if I spruce up the brewery enough, I can install a panic room for when SWMBO decides to research how much it's all *actually* worth, and my standard "Gumtree bargain" excuse doesn't save me.
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There are many panic room ideas on the Doomsday Preppers site.
 

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