Stainless steel tanks

My math is off. I used an online calculator for a cone rather than a cylinder. 15"x36" tubes are closer. I think. Am not a math whiz.

To answer your question - Yes there are food grade stainless steels.

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Cheers,

Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Doubl,

I plan to have the tanks with floating lids for variable capacity or if with fixed capacity I would go with nitrogen gas to top off. I have heard that plastic barrels oxygenate the wine over extended periods(and sellers of these barrels will tell you that's a good thing- when you have lemons, right?). I have 3 6-gallon, 15 5-gallon and 4 3-gallon carboys with 5 1-gallon jugs on the floor right now and it is becoming awkward to deal with them. I have 5 cultivars in the carboys that I want to blend and even with the 5 5-gallon carboys I have left empty, I can't blend with any consistency if I want to have say 26 gallons of one blend, 12 of another and 16 of a third. And besides, empty one carboy and then you have to clean it right away to reuse it. When you get to this volume, carboys are a pain. That's why I want to go to stainless. If I have 6 or 7 variable capacity tanks I can ferment, age and blend a lot more easily and with consistency. The only thing is, I don't want to have to pay $3000 to buy tanks!

Thanks, Bruce in Bangkok. Just what I was looking for.

jestar

Check out this source. I have never used them but it may suit your needs:

Paul