Been offered a stainless steel milk churn in good nick FOC, only thing it has no lid. I have emailed a couple of places in USA and they have nothing in stock, unless of course i buy the whole churn and lid from them. Sorry but i cant upload any pic here as things seem to have changed regarding loading pics since i did one last ? Anyway the opening is 6 inches across and it has a turned in lip all the way around, i think the lid used to fit like a collar down through the opening ;D
post up on donedeal in the wanted section. :)
open your pic in "paint" and resize it to 25% and save it. then just load it as per normal and it will post. :)
What i meant to say is when i tried i could not see any option to upload, only if you uploaded to imugr or the like first ? ::)
My parents have a lot milk churns but those are made with aluminum. Can I use those for fermenting vessel?
Quote from: rAdve on March 11, 2014, 07:22:22 PM
My parents have a lot milk churns but those are made with aluminum. Can I use those for fermenting vessel?
Our resident chemist will probably expand on this but I think the low pH of fermented beer would potentially damage the aluminium and cause it to leech into the beer. You might be better taking them to a scrap dealer and then buying fermenters with the money.
Quote from: rAdve on March 11, 2014, 07:22:22 PM
My parents have a lot milk churns but those are made with aluminum. Can I use those for fermenting vessel?
Aluminium relies on an oxidised layer to prevent the metal leeching into whatever is being cooked etc. The acidity of wort or fermenting beer while low(afaik) erodes this layer allowing aluminium atoms to leech into any liquid in such a vessel, the higher the gravity the greater the acidity and therefore the greater the erosion and leeching effect. This is why aluminium is ok for cooking your spuds and cabbage but is definitely not ok for anything brewing related(and no i'm not the resident chemist lol). ;D
I'm guessing is alfa laval milk churn.. but I've no idea where to get lid for it.
Quote from: alealex on March 11, 2014, 08:12:17 PM
I'm guessing is alfa laval milk churn.. but I've no idea where to get lid for it.
Eeeh how about alfa laval ::)
Price in alfa laval is going to knock Greg out.
Fleabay Greg?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Milk-churn-lid-/151250492976
Done deal has a few as well
Your right CH the price in alfa laval nearly did knock me out :o Unfortunately most of those lids on fleabay including the link above and on done deal are for aluminium lids so no good as this is SS but thanks anyway ;D
Greg would my sig be an appropriate response to your sig :)
An option might be to get a piece of flat steel cut to the size of the opening, and then figure a way to clip it on using the existing lip on the churn. Add a hole for a airlock, and then the lid, shouldn't be under too much pressure.