wine making supply stores sell 3--5 and 6 gallon glass carboys-

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A store like that would probably be a full days travel on the round trip."

you could try the local restaurants for both glass and plastic fermenters.Or try http://www.midwestsupplies.com/ . I have a friend that makes world class whiskey in Missouri but I don't know that the state is famous for it. But I did a lot of fishing in Kentucky when my dad was with the 506 in the sixties.
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In the '60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

"Well heck, ther is one other option. You are in a dry county, but there are always people throwing keg parties. Cost them as much to take them back as it would to sell you one. Maybe a grattis bottle? A quarter keg or half keg would be perfect. SS. Or buy one from kegs.com i think it is. You can have a ball valve installed low down. I prefer glass as i can see whats going on.

Low wines are not a big issue with food grade plastics. At least if not stored for extended periods of time. Untill I got my glass carouys, I used plastic for low wines a lot, with out any problems.

Nice thing about glass carbouys, If you don't have an accident, it will last thousands of years. They are fairly tough.

You get what you pay for."

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Funny you mention midwest supplies as I was just at the website before you posted, As with all the others including ebay the prices are about $40 shipped, I want at least 10 of them and being unemployed precludes me.

I have only been in KY a few years and am a Wisconsin transplant, one of the few sporting a non-native prized Milwaukee beer gut."

"Thanks to all who posted, I forgot about SS kegs but would believe they out of my price range. The last time I went to Tennessee for some beer I saw a sign advertising 1/2 barrels for $100 including the $40 keg deposit but didn't notice what they were made of.

I just got back from Walmart and Lowe's, wally had the 1 gallon glass pickles again and bought 2 at $4.60 each - more pickles for the possums. I also bought three 5 gallon buckets with lids from the bakery for $1 each, they originally had cake frosting in them and are HDPE#2 (smells good too) the lids have an integrated rubber o-ring for a seal. I will be using these for multiple wash and rack vessels - maybe low wines too.

At Lowe's I bought a roll of reflectix for tower and boiler insulation 16""x25' was $14. While there I checked the price on bottled water, 3 gallon had a deposit of $12 and 5 gallon $14, they only sell filled ones and cost $6 and $7 each.

I looked at Those PET carboys online which are meant for beer and wine, didn't see a alcohol rating and will do some more research as they are cheaper to ship $30 for 3gal and $40 for 5gal.

I don't know how you would tell if the bakery buckets are leeching into the lows wines (40% or less) over a 6 month period max, but doubt I would live long enough for a case study. I have a 2 year degree in organic chemistry from 30 years ago but never used it as I switched to electrical automation in the 80s. I remember only enough to stay away from some of the bad practices I see many people on the forums attempting to do.

Freecycle is a joke around here it is 99% gimmie gimme gimme posts, unbelievable on what people are asking for free."

We only have a few restaurants in town and I stopped at 2 of them yesterday, you would of thought I asked for a liver transplant the way they looked at me. I asked as nice and civil as can be but they must of thought I was cooking breakfluid and meth, one even threatened to call the cops if I didn't leave. I will not visit the others as I believe all these paranoids have parking lot surveillance cameras and don't want to be dimed out because of a empty bottle.

I will use those food grade buckets from Walmart's bakery for now, my low wines are only 35% and can't leech too much plasticizers in a 6 months time. My black lung and asbestosis exposure from insulating steam lines will probably take precedence over any trite solubles. Plus I sill have a 76lb flask of mercury from the 70's that I played with all the time - long before we knew not to eat all the smelt in Lake Michigan for lunch. Heavy metals trump biphenyls at my age.