4 gallon water bottle $4.88

I was at Sam's Club today and bought a 4 gallon bottle of water for $4.88. The bottle is #1 PET. I will be using this for small batches. Thought it was a pretty good deal and just wanted to pass it on.

What was the brand name?

Member's Mark. That is Sam's own brand.

What size neck do these have? Will they take a standard size stopper or carboy cap?

Sounds like these might be a perfect size to ferment batches for 3 gallon kegs.

sounds like you have a new dedicated apfel wein vessel

the necks are the same as a culligan bottle. they are made for using in a water cooler.

kajon said:

the necks are the same as a culligan bottle. they are made for using in a water cooler.

Click to expand...

My Dad has a Sam's card, I will have to have him pick me up one. With fermcap, it might handle a 3.5 gallon batch.

I use theone from Sam's for Apfelwein . The carboy tops work well

springer said:

I use theone from Sam's for Apfelwein . The carboy tops work well

Apfelwein

Click to expand...

+1 4 gals of water to brew with an a free Apfelwein vessel FTW

I have about 9 of them. I have a cooler at my office and go through about 2 a month. It was a pain with the other brand in the 5 gallon containers water was about the same price but 5$ deposit on each.

I have been crushing them after a couple brews and putting them in recycle.

springer said:

I have about 9 of them. I have a cooler at my office and go through about 2 a month. It was a pain with the other brand in the 5 gallon containers water was about the same price but 5$ deposit on each.

I have been crushing them after a couple brews and putting them in recycle.

Click to expand...

Why pitch them? Do they get grundgy, or is it the fact that you get a lot of them?

I've seen these, but never thought to check the type of plastic. While I won't ferment beer in them, other uses occur to me, like the one shown in the video, and I can use one to cut down as a hopper for my grain mill. The 4 gal. of water (I have to use store bought water to brew) that comes with them makes the price more like $3.50, which is pretty attractive.

Cpt_Kirks said:

Why pitch them? Do they get grundgy, or is it the fact that you get a lot of them?

Click to expand...

I don't have the room for them and they are thin so they do tend to start cracking at the neck and base so I recycle them.

rico567 said:

I've seen these, but never thought to check the type of plastic. While I won't ferment beer in them, other uses occur to me, like the one shown in the video, and I can use one to cut down as a hopper for my grain mill. The 4 gal. of water (I have to use store bought water to brew) that comes with them makes the price more like $3.50, which is pretty attractive.

Click to expand...

if you do 3 gallon brews why wouldn't use them for beer? They are made of PETE #1 just like a BB and they are food safe.

springer said:

I don't have the room for them and they are thin so they do tend to start cracking at the neck and base so I recycle them.

Click to expand...

Are they thinner than the 5 gallon water bottles? I have been using a 5 gallon and have noticed how thin it it compared to my Better Bottles.

I just bought one on these bottle myself. I'm planning on using mine for MR. Beer kits and using the MRB keg for priming and bottling.

These bottles are much thinner than 5 gallon bottles. They crinkle if you carry them under your arm and would dent easily if dropped. I just wanted one as a cheaper alternative to going whole hog on a starter kit.

What size stopper would fit in the bottle?

The medium drilled stopper from Austin Homebrew supply fit perfectly.

My LBHS (Midwest Supplies) is out of the universal currently... do you have a approx. diameter so I can get the non-universal? Thanks!

I'm pretty sure it was around 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inch ID. Hope that helps.

springer said:

I use theone from Sam's for Apfelwein . The carboy tops work well

Apfelwein

Click to expand...

Are you wearing an Ironman chest piece? When you pull back the shot in the room, it looks like you're wearing one reflected in the mirror.

Reviving a dead thread here, but I found two of these bottles this morning when I stopped off at the neighborhood recycle bins. Picked up the first one and saw PET and grabbed the second one(there's a third I'm going back for on my lunch break, I'm one of those people) Figured I would research online and see what I could find and low and behold, back to my favorite forum.