blacky

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I can buy 4 gallon pet bottles locally for like 4 bucks. Wouldn't they work for primary and secondary brewing? Why spend $20 for a better bottle?

Revvy

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Well are you planning to make 2.5-3.5 gallon batches? 4 gallons is not big enough to ferment much bigger than those sized batches.

But otherwise, yeah, they will work fine.

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Golddiggie

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As long as they are type 1/PET, it will be fine... I'm actually going to be looking to get some of those bottles myself as soon as possible (need to locate them first)...

They should be excellent for ~3 gallon batches too...

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On Tap: Caramel Ale, Mocha Porter II, MO SMaSH IPA
Waiting/Carbonating: 12.5% Wee Honey II, 8.9% Old Ale, English Brown Ale, Lickah ESB, Mocha Porter II
Fermenting
K1: MO SMaSH IPA
K2:
K3: TripSix
On Deck: Caramel Ale
Aging:mead
Mead [bottled]:Oaked Wildflower Traditional, Mocha Madness, Blackberry Melomel, maple wine


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ryandlf

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Ya, but the extra $20 gets you a fancy better bottle sticker But ya, if your not doing small 2.5G batches I think it would be annoying to have to use two fermenters for every batch.

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blacky

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From the research I did on PET I thought that all PET was #1 by definition. Anything marked PET or PETE is the same and is the best grade...

Golddiggie

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The water bottles, I've seen, that are ~4 gallons are not clear. Not that it really matters if they have a tint to them, since most of us know that the color in primary doesn't mean much of anything.

I'm looking to use them more for actually transporting water to where I'm brewing, right now... I'll probably be using a couple of my current carboys for this week's batch. By the next brew day, I should have either the 4 gallon bottles, or something else figured out... I'll be using my 3 and 5 gallon carboys since I'll need about 7.5 gallons for this batch...

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Hopping Tango Brewery

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On Tap: Caramel Ale, Mocha Porter II, MO SMaSH IPA
Waiting/Carbonating: 12.5% Wee Honey II, 8.9% Old Ale, English Brown Ale, Lickah ESB, Mocha Porter II
Fermenting
K1: MO SMaSH IPA
K2:
K3: TripSix
On Deck: Caramel Ale
Aging:mead
Mead [bottled]:Oaked Wildflower Traditional, Mocha Madness, Blackberry Melomel, maple wine


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Flywheel

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Where are you getting them from?

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I saw them at Menards...