Sorry guys, I missed some of your questions and comments. Thanks for your suggestions and questions.
if you haven't cut the metal yet give a shop vacuum a think or two.
Suck the spent grain out like who dun it.
I hadn't thought of that, which is funny, because I'm the only guy I know who uses a shop vac to suck the dirt out of my post holes. I put a fence up around my 2.5 acre property and dug the holese with an auger on a bobcat, then cleaned all of them out that way. Perfect little holes with smooth sides all the way down.
In any case, I want to be able to tip - I currently brew on a 2050 and love that feature.
Those are very affordable alternatives to the SS fermenters we usually see. I noticed that the website said the tops are not vented. Do you plan on modifying them at all to vent them or for blow off?
Definitely going to rig up a blow off assembly on the tops, probably in the lid. I'm also adding in a thermocouple for my RANCO temp controller as both the 60's will fit inside my double glass door merchandiser.
Just curious, what 65 gallon kettles are you using? I was looking for a larger kettle and havent come across anything bigger than the blichmann. Thanks and good luck, looks awesome!
I'm having them custom build by a local fabricator. They will be 25" x 30.5" and have all the NPT and tri-clover fittings welded in place. The MT and the WP will be 18 ga, the BK will be 18 ga sides welded to a 14 ga bottom.
Also, one would also be concerned with the light affecting the beer since these tanks are opaque. Do the UV stabilizers fix that issue, or does that just mean that the plastic itself won't dry and crack under uv light?
I haven't heard that this is an issue with this tanks - in any case they will be inside my GDM with the windows blacked out anyway and the larger one will be in my cold room. I'm not positive if the RESIN of these conicals is UV protective, but I think that can be checked by calling Ace.