Doesn't anyone make Glass Fishtanks anymore?

[Royal Dragon]

I am trying to find a tall 5 or 10 Gallon Octagonial shaped 100% GLASS fishtank to ferment Rice in, for the later distillation into Chinese White Lightning for making herbal jows, liniments, and tonics, but I can't find them in glass anymore!! All of the styles I need are modern acrylic!!

Anyone know where I could find one in solid real 100% Glass?

It takes 5 gallons of regular rice wine, to make 1 gallon of White Lightning. If I go with a 2 Gallon distillation I get rice wine that is something like 50% Alcohol (Which is fine for my needs).

I have my fermentation process perfected now, and I am distilling by freezing the fully fermented wine in the freezer to seperate the alcohol from it so I can create an alcohal concentraight (White Lightning).

I am trying to find a large glass container (5-10 gallons) so it is easy for me to watch the fermentation so I know when the proccess has reached it's peak alcohol production.

Anyone got any ideas (besides my fish tank one)?

[David Jamieson]

go to a wine making store and get a carboy. they come in 5 gallons and up and are more suited to making alcohol based fluids than a fishtank. probably a lot cheaper too.

[Royal Dragon]

The necks are too thin, I need a wide mouthed glass container. The wine making places want to sell me food grade plastic fermenting containers, and I just don't feel comfortable doing that. Especially with the fact that I am basically engageing in a pharmisutical persuite. Who knows how those plastic resines will react to the various herbs that my Alcohol will be extracting from.

I need real Glass.

If I can't find that, I will be useing a stainless steel stock pot. The draw back there is that I have to open the lid to monitor, and I don't want to do that.

The Glass fishtank idea allows me to seal a large quantity of fermenting rice, AND monitor the fermentation without haveing to break the seal as it ferments.

I do this now with a 1 gallon, wide mouthed jar that I put an S shaped glass tube in the top. It is filled with Voldka so that it can release the gass without breaking the seal.

[TenTigers]

couldn't you simply buy Sam Jing Jow-triple distilled liquor, which is what many herbalists use?

[Royal Dragon]

Too expensive. I can make the same thing, like 30-50 gallon quantities, for $9.00 worth of rice.

The process is simple.

1. Boil Brown rice untill it is mush.

2. Let sit in open air a day or so untill it is bubbling like Champagne (Fermentation has begun).

3. Add warm water to top it off, Seal in the container,and wait 12-14 days.

4. Syphon the liquid out into 1 gallon Ice Mountian jugs and feeze...repete untill you can no longer get ice when you freeze (it will be flamable at that point!!).

You can make a gallon of white lightning, for $2.00 (or less) of rice. You can speed the process by adding a Champagne yeast, and adding honey to it, but the cost goes up to as much as $7.00-$10.00 for 50 gallons.

How much does it cost to buy it premade?

[David Jamieson]

why do you need a wide mouth?

But if you're dead set on it, just use your bathtub.

[Royal Dragon]

Because I am boiling a large quantity of rice, and then putting it in the container to ferment. if I have a skinny one, it's going to get all sloppy, messy, and take forever to get the boiled rice into the cointainer.

The Carboys are for after the fermentation.

The Bathtub is out, because it cannot be sealed well.

[David Jamieson]

jerry cans?

if you get the right grade of plastic what is the issue?

just find plastic that won't leech.

[David Jamieson]

or you can try and get your hands on some barrels. My pals used to use those for making shine wine before they distilled. big rubbermade garbage cans for instance will work.

[unyma]

Once you've boiled the rice I don't think you really need the grains anymore, you've boiled the starch out of the grain and into the water. If you then siphon the liquid into a glass carboy and add a little yeast you should have plenty of fermentation.

Mitch

[Water Dragon]

learn how to use the interweb, Gian.

http://www.nextag.com/Anchor-Glass-J...04/prices-html

[Mr Punch]

1) Plastic brewing bins are not going to be designed with plastic that leeches into the brew. I'b brreud hunnerdza galonz ob vin nnn ahmalroigh.

2) You can get wide-necked five/six gallons plastic brewing bins.

3) You should be able to find five-ten gallon stoneware pots in your local Chiense supermarket, with cork tops you could bore out for your s-tube.

4) Learn how to use a funnel!

[Lama Pai Sifu]

Get a 5-Gallon Mason Jar. Wide mouth and no silcon seams (fishtank). It's what I make all my DDJ in.

[TenTigers]

I use glass water cooler jars.
..but then again, I know how to use a funnel!

[Samurai Jack]

You can get a ten gallon tank (made by a company called "All-Glass Aquariums" no less) for $10 and change at Wal-Mart.

Good luck.