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"rossa":1h95fbly wrote: They seem to only do palates but if we had a decent interest we might be able to put 20 or 30 20l casks on an order....[/quote:1h95fbly]

How much would this cost roughly, I'd probably be interested if the price was right!

I know a supplier that will ship SINGLE plastic casks (the same place that Hilden and Clanconnell get their plastic casks from); but it WOULD be beneficial to save on shipping by placing a combined order.

-They do both 20L and 40L plastic casks.


Adam

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&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:jo18wpeq wrote: Yes but the insides of most of those barrels were covered in pitch which prevented the oak from contributing much. Beer of old was also usually infected with wild yeasts and bacteria from the oak barrel; -romanticizing about beer of old is nice, but there were certainly downsides, too. [/quote:jo18wpeq]
At least one micro is experimenting with virgin oak casks, so only going on what I was told.

&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:36w14j3p wrote: I know a supplier that will ship SINGLE plastic casks (the same place that Hilden and Clanconnell get their plastic casks from); but it WOULD be beneficial to save on shipping by placing a combined order.

-They do both 20L and 40L plastic casks.


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What kind of price are we looking at?

The company is <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.breweryplastics.com">www.breweryplastics.com.

They just increased their prices in March and I don't have a link to the prices PDF but they'll email it upon request. (I have a copy; I just don't have any where to upload it to.)

The Pins (4.5 British Gallons) are 33.92 Euros and the Firkins are 33.92 Euros for the plain brown ones. -This prices excludes VAT and I'm sure shipping (they weigh only 2 KG).

They're physically located in Worcestershire; I'm not sure whether local pick up is an option or not. (Their PDF says that they're in Hereford, Herfordshire so a bit of a location discrepancy.)

They have a "small quantity surcharge" of 119 Euros, but their description says "Firkin only" so I'm not sure of a surcharge for the pin size.

They make plastic kegs in sizes of 10, 15, 20, 30, & 50 liters, too.

Shipping is quoted at 23.10 GBP for 2-3 business day shipping for a single pin cask; BUT they're getting swamped with orders so they're about 4 weeks behind receiving an order and having casks...


Adam