Hello, I currently have (2) 6.5 gallon with brews fermenting in them, and I have (2) brand new never used glass 5 gallon carboys. I thought I needed the glass carboys because all the books I read about brewing said to do a secondary, now after being on here I have learned it is not needed unless dry hopping or adding fruit, ect.
The horror stories of the glass carboys scare the crap out of me, with little kids and pets in the house. It was just me I would not care but I need to look out for everyone else, and after reading up I feel more comfortable with the plastic, as does the wife.
My thought is to keep the 6.5g buckets because I like the handles and then buy 1 better bottle for now, and sell the two glass carboys. My kegerator only hold two 5 gallon kegs and I am the sole drinker (unless company comes over) in the house so I will not have to brew often, maybe only once every month or so.
My question is for a setup like this would it be better to get a 5 or 6 gallon better bottle, the 6 would work better if I wanted to use it as a primary, but the 5 would work better as a secondary?? So really I am buying it as a just in case I need it for anything situation.
The horror stories of the glass carboys scare the crap out of me, with little kids and pets in the house. It was just me I would not care but I need to look out for everyone else, and after reading up I feel more comfortable with the plastic, as does the wife.
My thought is to keep the 6.5g buckets because I like the handles and then buy 1 better bottle for now, and sell the two glass carboys. My kegerator only hold two 5 gallon kegs and I am the sole drinker (unless company comes over) in the house so I will not have to brew often, maybe only once every month or so.
My question is for a setup like this would it be better to get a 5 or 6 gallon better bottle, the 6 would work better if I wanted to use it as a primary, but the 5 would work better as a secondary?? So really I am buying it as a just in case I need it for anything situation.