storage tank

[Got It Bad]

Hi guys I can get my hands on a 275 gl poly tank that used to have garlic butter in it do you think i can get it clean enough to haul sap around

[whalems]

I doubt you will ever get the garlic smell out of them. But I have no experience with garlic butter smell removal:) Garlic flavored syrup.... you may be on to something:lol: good luck, Mike

[maple flats]

probably not, but you can sell it as garlic syrup and market it to the Italians. You can't however call it pure maple syrup. Garlic is a very hard taste to remove.

[Got It Bad]

thanks guys did some more research and your right its not worth the trouble good luck

[guppy79]

It is not hard to clean them. Hot water and milkhouse acid cleaner gets em clean. I have several and have no problems. My friends and family that eat/drink/consume my syrup love it.

I don't notice any garlic flavor or aroma at all. I did however clean it out a year before we used em. They sell them tanks here in Medford wi. Come from tombstone pizza.

[Haynes Forest Products]

I still cant understand why someone would have such passion for making maple syrup and then chance turning it into trash using a tainted tank.

[markct]

well i think thats what he was asking, if its possible to get it clean, seems like with heat and time and lotsa scrubbing maybe, but i dont know. myself and a few local producers use barrels that were from peppers, even after a few years they still smell like peppers a bit but no one i know of has ever noticed any flavor imparted on the sap or syrup. heck i have lotsa milk tanks and beer kegs in my operation and have little fear about my sap tasting milky or any worries over driving after consuming syrup from a keg:D so yes i have a great passion but also a frugal wallet, so thats where we have to make the balance of used food grade items!