Non food grade bucket use

[augiedoggy]

I took part in a brewery tour across state at a rather large brewery about 5 years back. When they were showing us the brite tanks I was actually a bit disgusted with the exterior conditions or the tanks and the fittings which looked as if they had not been removed or cleaned in a long time, It amazed me they would even allow the public to tour the space.. What I didnt see was this inside of these tanks which is what matters.

 

[augiedoggy]

Construction (industrial), Construction materials and government. Had to deal with thousands of government people over the years.

Respectfully, state and federal statutes and laws are there to protect people. You start making comments about things others don’t feel safe with, and you are going to get pushback.

Then some novice reader takes your comments and makes something that sickens people. The comment about wood vats for example. Probably why the original 1906 Safe Food and Drug act was enacted, to align industry with best practices.

Just to be clear here, are you saying you believe storing beer in wood is an unsafe practice outlawed in 1906 and no longer commonly (and legally) done today? because you sure are misleading those same folks with the statements your making insinuating this.

As far as the enactment of the safe food and drug act I agree with you (that was my point with the comments about Lead) ... except beer was not until very recently classified as a "food" or "drug" making the rules a bit different for those producing it. there have been rules and inspections for a long time but they were unique to brewing and distilling and honestly more focused on taxing it than anything from ive read about the history of it.

 

[Beermeister32]

I didn't say that. You were the one making that assertion wood was safer. Please, we were having a light hearted discussion, and you are digging in. Can you imagine what the food and beverage industry would be like if everyone bended the rules because they "truly felt that it was OK" to do something against known best practices? I think I'm done here, you aren't getting it.

 

[augiedoggy]

I didn't say that. You were the one making that assertion wood was safer. Please, we were having a light hearted discussion, and you are digging in. Can you imagine what the food and beverage industry would be like if everyone bended the rules because they "truly felt that it was OK" to do something against known best practices? I think I'm done here, you aren't getting it.

I was arguing the point that the wooden vessels that have continually been in use in the brewing and distilling industry for hundreds of years have in fact been proven to be safer than some of the other materials introduced to the industry later. I pointed out the very real case that many here use plastics at temps were they are in fact not "safe" and that its a relevively common practice here and one that if anything, is more dangerous than infected batch of oaked stout would be. the leeching plastic (or heavy metals such as lead) are typically the silent slow killing type. the guy that made the comment about smoking since he was 8 hit the nail on the head here...
The use of such barrels is infact a booming industry today.
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