Postby Allan » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:05 am
How cheap is cheap? If you get an ex-something you have to buy a tap and install it and you won't get a threaded hole or a flat surface so it's not all that reliable. The other snag is the lid. If you get the sort of ex-something and cut a hole for a lid then it won't be a lock-on job even if you can find the right material to do the kob. We have problems with the wind carrying away most lids, eventually Wyevale who I generally try to avoid had a batch with tap and self-locking lid at as good a price as any so I bought that. The one it replaces is tucked away at home where the wind cannot take the lid off.
I am curious about the Hereford source of butts, we bought several 1000-litre butts ex-orange juice from a firm near Madley, I thought they weren't available any more. Those big ones were going at £50, the latest figure I know is well over £100.
Allan
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