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Haha, thanks for the replys. Yes, it's the biggest thing in the kitchen now, so I'll give it a go. Looking forward to a few small batches. Lol @ boil over volcano, hopefully not, but I see what you mean!

Found this old thing laying around the house, it's a SS milk tank marked De Laval. I measured it out to about 5.5 gallons. I tried boiling a gallon in it and it started wobbling around a bit due to the slightly convex bottom. http://bcnudg.com/IMG_0401.JPG Thanks! It looks great, hope I...

Not planning on anything of this size yet, just thinking a ways ahead. I'd like to fabricate my own kettles and mash tun, and use 55 gallon plastic barrels to save on getting a conical fermenters and HLTs.

Hi, Yes, I'm definitely talking about food grade barrels. I know dealing with liners would be a total PITA. I was thinking maybe a permeant adhesive mylar liner on the inside to help increase the stability/permeability even more, but it sounds like the consensus is food grade alone is fine...

I see, so not much chance of air permeability at fermentation temperatures. What about mylar for decreasing the leeching of chemicals from plastic for say, a hot liquor tank or mashing tun at temperatures around 160f??

Hola, First post here, I was wondering if any of you folks could help me out. I've been looking at fermenting in 55 gallon plastic barrels as they are quite cheap and convenient. However, I've heard issues about fermenting with them, breeding bacteria in scratches, and having permeability...