I think Black brew may have picked up some containers in woodies before with this type of plastic
anyway.. i'm at it again.. wanderin into shops and picking up crap
went into b&q on lunch break ( closing down sale 30% off)
picked up 3 10 litres drums for €10.30 - figured its a handy way to experiment on a batch
they have the HDPE 2 mark on them with the recycle arrow thingy and a food safe stamp yolk - think its a fork and a wine glass ?
so.. whats teh verdict - good to go - or forget about it ???
Quotefork and a wine glass
Looks good to me.
hoppy days !!! ( see what I did there ? see what I did ? )
;D ;D ;D
If its a closing down sale what about 10mm copper coils. If they are going discounted then DO NOT LET THEM GO. :). Always find a home by way of a group buy. p.s. 12mm would be better. :)
feck - never even thought of it - will drop by again this eveneing or tomoro
QuoteI think Black brew may have picked up some containers in woodies before with this type of plastic
anyway.. i'm at it again.. wanderin into shops and picking up crap
went into b&q on lunch break ( closing down sale 30% off)
picked up 3 10 litres drums for €10.30 - figured its a handy way to experiment on a batch
they have the HDPE 2 mark on them with the recycle arrow thingy and a food safe stamp yolk - think its a fork and a wine glass ?
so.. whats teh verdict - good to go - or forget about it ???
If they are translucent and not a full colour, i.e. bright white, good to go. ;)
yep - translucent
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Sorry to hi-jack but did anyone ever try to use one of these (http://www.osmandrums.com/admin/files8/60.jpg) as a bulk fermenter?
I guess it depends on two things - what you want to use it for - storage ? boil kettel ?? ( some one floated that idea before !!)
and what was in it in its previous life
I think there is some info on plastic in general in this post (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1362166031/0#0)and these barrels were mentioned in it
As I said.Bulk fermenter ;)
ha ! option 3 !! - I didn't see that !!
anyway - the info on that post prob still applies !!
Arrrg take down that pic i spent 15 yrs looking at them litle blue bastards and their big cousins :'(
QuoteSorry to hi-jack but did anyone ever try to use one of these (http://www.osmandrums.com/admin/files8/60.jpg) as a bulk fermenter?
I'd like to convert one of these to a boiler
I just need 40 Argos kettles ;)
now where did I put that 16kg bag of hops?
They can be picked up close to many lakes up by the border... >:(
Would love to get 2 of those big ones ;)
QuoteQuoteSorry to hi-jack but did anyone ever try to use one of these (http://www.osmandrums.com/admin/files8/60.jpg) as a bulk fermenter?
I'd like to convert one of these to a boiler
I just need 40 Argos kettles ;)
now where did I put that 16kg bag of hops?
I saw a video of Brewdog making Sink the Bismark in one of those! Froze it for ages and drew off the higher alcohol stuff!
Just to save Ciderhead answering this.
These when new are food grade. So lets say they go off to a jam maker. Filled with jam and marmalade and stuff, then they arrive on the S/H market.
If you but one of these then no problems - no health risk.
However some of these may go into the pharmaceutical industry and then the S/H market.
Thats the problem! You don't know what was in them before.
Jam OK, Female hormones?? :o
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