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Jim; Ahhhhhhhhhhh the question of the ages! IF an answer can be had to THAT question you can cease from your distilling efforts and sit atop the world's mountain with the masses bowing at your feet. Ever since the tome 'Building a world class home distillation apparatus', http://www.moonshine-still.com/, came out, the 'Quest' has been on. Before someone FLAMES me as a 'Bitter have NOT', let explain I am one of the fortunates, I FELL into one as the result of a casual conversation and a simple question some five years ago. Since that time I have searched the Pacific Northwest, where I reside, for another to NO avail. I've stood in Dairys, Creameries and cheese factories with them in plain view ONLY to be told that they don't have them and they were done away with years ago when they began trucking milk in large tanker trucks. I found one sourse that sells them for $350.00 US and will post it when I find the link again. Once in a grerat while you'll find one on e-bay listed for the equivalent of a vacation home in the Bahamas but even that is rare. I cannot believe the DISservice that was done by setting the home distilling world on its ear with that one simple suggestion 'Try a Milk Can'. FACT is its a wonderful boiler but you're going to spend a good portion of what's left of the rest of your life trying to find one. I wish you much success..please let us ALL know IF, WHEN, WHERE, you find one and HOW much it cost you. Dr Dan Shankle [email="doc docshankle.com"]doc docshankle.com[/email]
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I think there is someone willing to sell 10 gallon stainless steel milk cans for about $280. If anyone is interested I will ask him to post some contact information.
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HEY JIM I MIGHT BE-ABLE TO GET A BEER KEG 15 GAL THAT IS WHAT I USE. ANY WAY LET ME CHECK AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW.
GETTING IT TO YOU IS ANOTHER QUESTION.
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Jim, hopefully you have got your kettle done by now but for others I will tell my tale. As with every one else, I looked for a Stainless milk can but you know the story. Here is what I did:
Bucked up and bought a pony keg ,7.5gal $44 with deposit, had some friends come over and we killed the beer out of it. Then went to the local cooking store and got a 6 quart stainles mixing bowl with the widest lip there and about a 6 inch flat bottom. This bowl turned upside down fits just about 2inch inside the top of the top of the keg. Cut a hole in the top of the keg to fit the inside of the lip of the bowl. Drilled 6 holes around the lip of the bowl and into the Keg for Stainless bolts and nuts. Douple layer of cork gasket. Now cut the top ,bottom, of the bowl for a threaded flange adaptor,again 2 layer cork gasket, and screw in your reflux tube. Works gread and very little mony compared to a milk can. Sipper of great shine...Russ
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I agree you can even buy a full sized keg for 40$ at a brew shop. a full size keg will hold 15gal. and that should be sufficiant for a 4 gal. batch of good alc. . you are better off with a stainless steel keg. you can find them anywhere and they are cheep. sincerely brewman 34
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I guess I'm sort of a purist when it comes to distilling alcohol. I have a small 5 gal. still made entirely of copper and am saving up some money ,$500 US, to buy a sheet of copper 3x8 ft. to make a 40 gallon boiler. In my opinion, nothing tastes as good as moonshine from a copper still.
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Stainless steel milkcans are available at the web
site of McMaster Carr. The lids are somewhat thin
to support a reflux tower. ,personal experience,
If I wanted another distillation unit, I would purchase a ready made unit.
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do you have any suggestions/ receipes for pressure cooking with a milkcan
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hey, ifyou haven't found a milk can yet and are still interested in one. i have one sitting my closet that i would be happy to sell.
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I recently saw 5 or 6 milk cans in an antique shop in Grass Valley, Ca, I am not sure of the prices or the condition
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Sabco Industries at http://www.kegs.com/index.html will sell you a used, but cleaned and pressure tested 15.5 gallon beer keg for about $60. Remove the valve and a 2' sanitary fitting will fit directly to it. ,the brewhaus column uses a 2' sanitary fitting,. The type B' keg is the one I prefer. I would suggest you ask them to remove the valve before shipping, because there's a trick to removing the valve. It's a lot cheaper and easier to adapt than a Milk Can.
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