Honey tank 100kg St steel

01 · SETTLING

Gravity and time, without touching the honey

Straight out of the extractor, honey carries wax, bubbles and particles the filter did not catch. At rest they rise to the surface and come off with a skimmer; the clean honey stays below, and that is why the valve is at the bottom. The whole process is gravity and time: no pumps and no rough handling, which is how honey reaches the jar without having been knocked about. A few days somewhere temperate is enough for the difference to show.

02 · THE VALVE

One and a half inches, and replaceable

It carries a food-grade plastic gate valve of 1½" (40/49), which opens across its full section — what thick honey needs to come out without surging. It is a basic, functional valve; if you want a metal non-drip one, the swap is direct because the tank has an internal metal thread: order it in that size, no adaptors. It is the same size as the 200 kg ripener, so spares serve both.

03 · THE STEEL AND THE STRAINER

0.6 mm wall, 0.8 in base and lid

The whole tank is food-grade stainless, 0.6 mm thick in the walls and 0.8 in the base and lid. It scrubs out whole and holds no smells. It takes a top strainer — optional, sold separately — sitting just under the lid, which lets you filter as you fill: the coarse debris stays up top from the first moment and the settling deals with the rest.

04 · WHERE TO PUT IT

Raised, and filled in place

Empty it weighs 7 kg; with 100 kg of honey in it, it does not move. Set it before filling, on a firm, raised base — remember the valve is 40 mm off the bottom, so without height a jar will not fit under it. And check it on arrival: it is a thin-walled tank and a knock in transit shows straight away.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

No strainer or stand included. If you handle more than 100 kg a batch, the 200 kg sister uses the same 1½" valve.