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Re: Bunnings barrels

Postby bluc » Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:53 am

YarraRanges wrote:Bought a couple of 220 litre barrels from a a winery. Started filling one up with white rum. Got up to 120 litres and no matter hard I tried the evaporation rate beat the rate that I could make more rum. The other keg I filled with water to keep the barrel tight. Two days later I went to inspect and found that borers had gotten into it and there were 5 or 6 x 1 mm streams coming out from the sides where the borers went in.
I've since given up on barrels and use glass or stainless steel with oak dominoes. The wood to liquid ratio can be made higher and you get a good result in 4 to 6 months where a barrel might take at least a year or two.
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Re: Bunnings barrels

Postby scythe » Sun Dec 09, 2018 5:12 am

I was thinking this bit was about the first barrel:
"Two days later I went to inspect and found that borers had gotten into it and there were 5 or 6 x 1 mm streams coming out from the sides where the borers went in."
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