[capozzoli]

Wow..just wow!

How much is one of those SS 55 gal drums?

[mrbowenz]

I was very fortunate to buy all three SS drums for $450 delivered from MA, however I let the seller know what it was I was doing with them and shared our story, there are always deals on CL and Ebay for the dedicated watchers and waiters. Be patient and your deal will come too!

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement !

[hopaddicted]

Great story, congrats!

Where did you get the fittings on the bottom of the pot from? Love that style, but haven't found them yet (except in breweries).

[mrbowenz]

Great story, congrats!

Where did you get the fittings on the bottom of the pot from? Love that style, but haven't found them yet (except in breweries).

Thank you !

I have been using St. Pats in Austin TX.  for almost 6 years now, and although they have difficult customer service and many in the homebrewing world can't stand them , I have had a great relationship with them, my advice is do your research elsewhere or ask someone else what you need prior to placing an order with St. Pats, but they have great pricing and fantastic parts. They are just not small order/homebrewer friendly , if not, there are several other places to buy sanitary fittings like MoreBeer, GW Kent or even Ebay.

[denny]

I have been using St. Pats in Austin TX.  for almost 6 years now, and although they have difficult customer service and many in the homebrewing world can't stand them , I have had a great relationship with them

I was banned from buying from them! 

[tschmidlin]

I was banned from buying from them! 

Come on Denny, you can't just throw that out there without explaining it . . .

[tygo]

I was banned from buying from them! 

 

[dak0415]

I was banned from buying from them! 

Yeah!  What did you do to piss them off?

[Thirsty_Monk]

I was banned from buying from them! 

Yeah!  What did you do to piss them off?

Probably just ask a question.

[denny]

Dixon should get in on this, too...a number of years ago, there was a discussion on rcb about poor customer service from St. Pat's.  Lynn O'Conner got involved in the discussion and called everyone who complained "Taliban" and banned them from buying.  It was pretty comical, really.  I actually got banned before I'd ever bought anything from them!  It may still be in the Google archives.  It was about 11-12 years ago.

[tschmidlin]

I tracked some of them down.  Wow.  That's all I'm going to say.

It was 2002, when people here might have heard of the Taliban.

[denny]

I tracked some of them down.  Wow.  That's all I'm going to say.

I told ya it was pretty amusing!

[homebrewdad]

Just so happens there's a thread going on now at Probrewer.com about this same (lack of) customer service issue at St. Pat's!!

[denny]

Just so happens there's a thread going on now at Probrewer.com about this same (lack of) customer service issue at St. Pat's!!

Can a leopard change its spots?

[tschmidlin]

Just so happens there's a thread going on now at Probrewer.com about this same (lack of) customer service issue at St. Pat's!!

Can a leopard change its spots?

I don't know about that, but a tiger can change it's stripes . . .