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11-13-2008, 04:01 PM
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1 Gallon Glass fermenting jugs.
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Just a heads up to anybody looking for 1 gallon glass jugs for mead/experiemting/small batches/etc. Whole Foods is selling Apple cidar in nice clear jugs on the cheap(ish) right now
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11-13-2008, 05:22 PM
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Also, remember that at Whole Foods, anything you buy by the case is 10% off. A case of this cider is 4 bottles, almost enough for a batch of apfelwein... 
p.s. at my Whole Foods, I had to ask for them - they had the gallon jugs in back, but not out on display anywhere. |
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11-13-2008, 05:25 PM
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Woot! I've been looking for thoes. Trader Joes used to carry them, but then they all went away. $5 for a gallon jug of apple cider vs. 7.50 at the LHBS for an empty one, hmmmm.
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11-13-2008, 05:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Freezeblade
$5 for a gallon jug of apple cider vs. 7.50 at the LHBS for an empty one, hmmmm.
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$5? Am I looking at the wrong cider? Whole Foods website is showing $6.99...
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11-13-2008, 08:22 PM
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They were 6.99 at the Whole Foods in Fairfax, VA. I got 4 but didn't know about the discount on a case.
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11-14-2008, 10:52 PM
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My girlfriend snagged two for me today... gonna do a few test batches of cider...
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11-15-2008, 06:04 AM
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A note about the bottles:
The gallon jugs that Whole Foods sells cider in have Snapple-style, not growler-style caps. You know, the kind with the 'button' that pops when you open the bottle...
The bottles won't take a regular growler cap with threads, so if you're planning to package anything in these bottles, you'll have to reuse the caps they came with. I wasn't able to get the apple smell out of them after a 24-hour soak in Oxyclean, so I'm not sure how fit the caps themselves are for reuse.
If you're looking to use these bottles as fermenters only, like I am, then this won't matter, of course...
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11-15-2008, 06:29 AM
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Thru the late 60's and all the 70's I used to get free 1 gallon brown bottles from the local drug store pharmacy department. Brown for UV protection of their medicines plus great UV protection for the photography chemicals. Thick threaded caps 1 1/2" tall, the glass would break before the cap would break off.
I bet this UV protection would help in your applications also. One skunky bier from a clear glass jug will change you mind from clear to brown UV protected instantly. Just another idea to think about like a brown maple syrup jug.
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Last edited by BrewBeemer; 11-15-2008 at 06:37 AM.
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