ebay blue mango barrels

[goodolpete]

If you search ebay for
Plastic Blue Barrel Screw Lids Holds 50 Ltrs
you get 50 litre mango barrels for six quid
plus five postage. Are these any use for
boilers?

[bigdave]

I'm using one as a boiler, one as a fermenter and a 30l one as a mash tun... my brewery's name is 'blue barrel' lol

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[goodolpete]

Do you happen to have any photos please?

[bigdave]

Of the boiler?.. I'll pop out to the garage and take a couple.

[Fil]

meanwhile here is a snap or 2 of mine..

ive recently bought a few more blue barrels from the ebay supplier for grain storage too u can just about squeeze 25kg of crushed malt in one with a lil tamping down to get the last kilo or 2 in ..

[sbond10]

How well does it work as an fv any problems cleaning or imparting off flavours ?

[Fil]

they do arrive stinky.. and take a combination of oxi cleans, bleaching, and a good natural airing to de whiff..

[bigdave]

they do arrive stinky.. and take a combination of oxi cleans, bleaching, and a good natural airing to de whiff..

This is very true!! They take weeks to de-stink. lol.

[goodolpete]

Thanks for all your replies and photos.

[gibbiem]

Bigdave, sounds daft, but how did you attach the snap on box lid to the barrel? I've got the same barrel and been looking for some kind of protection like this cheers

[bigdave]

Bigdave, sounds daft, but how did you attach the snap on box lid to the barrel? I've got the same barrel and been looking for some kind of protection like this cheers

I cut 2 holes in the lid the same size as the element holes in the boiler thenpoked the elements through and used the nuts that seal the elements to hold it all together.. hope these pics help:

[gibbiem]

Got you, cheers. I use the cheap tesco kettle element so wouldn't be able to do it that way

[gibbiem]

Well knock me down with a rolled up copy of exchange and mart, it only bloody works!!