Question about a fermenting drum

[gobbler777]

a buddy of mine gave me a couple of 55 gal drums from a food plant he works at, the barrels are black and had chicken fat, and rosemary extract in them, i figured they would be just fine for a mash drum since they had food grade product in them, but the inside of the barrel has a teflon like orange coating on it. When i was cleaning the rest of the oil out of the barrels some of the (teflon or whatever the hell it is flaked off, i took 2 pictures of the inside of the drum and the label on the outside of the drum. Just seeing if you guys had any answers for me, or if im just thinkin to hard about it, or maybe i dont need to use them for mashin?

2nd picture in in next post

[gobbler777]

label on drum

[Mr.Spooky]

that looks like a steel drum.. is it stainless,,,, or does it just have a "liner in it"??? theres aolt of bitchin about what type of fermentors to use.. i use 5 gal buckets from lowes,,, and im sure that there will be some that have something to say about that,,,,,, but id think that id steer clear of what you have there... just my .2
spooky

[gobbler777]

yea its a steel drum but it aint stainless, reckon why they put that chicken fat in there and it goes into food, it just threw me off when i saw that liner, maybe somebody will see the post and have the right answer but for now im just gonna wait and see what everybodys insight is on it

[blind drunk]

Wonder if the orange coating is what's making it food grade?

[gobbler777]

yeah its got a stamp on the bottom, but i wasnt sure if that was a lot number for the barrel or what?

[gobbler777]

i guess my main concern is if the alcohol in my mash will eat away at that coating on the inside or would it even matter as long as the drum aint rusted up under it

[Mr.Spooky]

i guess my main concern is if the alcohol in my mash will eat away at that coating on the inside or would it even matter as long as the drum aint rusted up under it

if it aint stainless,,,,,, it will rust.
spooky

[gobbler777]

yea after looking at a few a things i think that liner is a rust inhibitor, i guess its suffiecient enough for food oils and stuff like that, but i dont think i would feel comfortable fermentin in it, im just gonna use these for chicken feed, yall got any new websites thats runnin any good deals on some 30 gal and up fermentin drums

[blind drunk]

i guess my main concern is if the alcohol in my mash will eat away at that coating on the inside or would it even matter as long as the drum aint rusted up under it

if it aint stainless,,,,,, it will rust.
spooky

And the liner might not be designed for an alcohol wash

Sorry, you beat me to it.

[Skoot]

You’ll be fine using these as a fermentation vessel. These drum liners are food grade compatible between 2.5 & 12 PH as long as they don’t have any physical breeches. The stamp on the bottom is the DOT specifications.

Skoot