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batf
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long term storage

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wanting to store my shine for y3k.
i was thinking mason jars but will the lid seals react? was gunna use these wwII canteens i have, but the stainless steel ones have been soldered and the others are made out of aluminum. what yall use for long term storge?
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Glass and natural corks. That's just me though.
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frozenthunderbolt wrote:Glass and natural corks. That's just me though.
+1 but if your talking long term you'll need to wax the corks or they will dry up and shrink and crack. Ideally you'd want to use charred white oak barrels...
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That's a lot of canteens. :shock: :shock: Do I need to be gearing up for Y3K? :lol: :lol:
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Smokehouse Shiner wrote:
frozenthunderbolt wrote:Glass and natural corks. That's just me though.
+1 but if your talking long term you'll need to wax the corks or they will dry up and shrink and crack. Ideally you'd want to use charred white oak barrels...
I quite often melt beeswax and then dip the entire neck of the bottle :D
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How much do you want to store? A 5 gallon sank keg with a big cork stopper is good for bulk storage.

For smaller quantities you can't go wrong with glass bottles.
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50ltr keg.
Then challenge yourself to fill it. :shock:
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I use 1gal (4.5L) Glass Demijohns to age my shine...

Once color and taste are reached, I remove the oak and store in the same demijohn, labeled ofcoarse... :thumbup:
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Samohon wrote:I use 1gal (4.5L) Glass Demijohns to age my shine...

Once color and taste are reached, I remove the oak and store in the same demijohn, labeled ofcoarse... :thumbup:
Samohon, how old are your demijohn's? I know they can date back to the 1700's in Europe, do you collect them, I think they have more character than the carboy's.
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I really don't like large carboys for long term storage, if something like a earthquake hits then you just lost 5 gallons of shine, don't ask me how I know. :cry:
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id be keepin it at barrel proof

so im tole
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Glass gallons and coffee filter lids with a chunk or two of oak. Safely placed away from everything. Barrel proof. This is after the color and taste is right. Never got to 5 gallons in one go ... wonder if I ever will.
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for some reason i cant log on as batf...this has happeded here before...some kind of glitch i guess???
anyways ive just been lurking but still brewing.
i got crap loads of empty ammo crates and been filling them up with goods for y3k. heres a pic
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