cherokee180c
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No luck here in MD. My local Walmart has the 5gal Primo bottles, but they are #7 plastic
Holy Carboy Batman!!
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nukinfuts29
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#7's work I just wouldn't use them for long term aging.
OpenContainer
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In this particular wal mart, they're on the back wall by the deli counter where you fill up water bottles. Just past the cheese and sandwich meat. Hope you can find them.
OpenContainer
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Like Cherokee, those that I'm finding here are <7> Primos.
it's on south 65...still there, or was last time I drove through.
in some old railroad passenger cars
yeah, I know, I just haven't lived or been in MO in 7 years.
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nukinfuts29
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Might have to check the place out
It's a cool place. Though when I lived in MO, I used to go to LC's BBQ out on Blue Parkway between IIRC Raytown, and KC MO.
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nukinfuts29
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Thats a bit of a drive from North East MO lol
Yeah, probably, but if you're ever out that way on business, I think it's the best place in an area of great BBQ.
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nukinfuts29
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I'll have to keep that in mind! Speaking of good stuff, going to be up in GR again in a few weeks, gotta hit up founders
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Found #3's in Clarksville, TN Walmart off of I-24 exit 11..$12.00 brand new!
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nukinfuts29
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Caveman911 said:
See i'm not crazy!! Lol
jiggs_casey
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In regards to the <3>, I found this... http://www.ehow.com/how_7475817_understand-markings-water-bottles.html
Which leads to me question whether they should be used. I hope this article is wrong but, I would like to get further clarification.
Which leads to me question whether they should be used. I hope this article is wrong but, I would like to get further clarification.
They're located in LA. During a visit to family, I got some bottles from them. The plastic 5 gal carboys are PET #1 and look like Better Bottle ones with handles. They also have 5 gal glass carboys for $26 and some other glass jugs like 1 gal and 1/2 gal ones that are useful for home-winemakers. The online prices listed are close, but not accurate. For example the 5 gal glass is listed for $22, but I paid $26. Everything else was pretty close. They are actually a wholesale company, but accepted my order though I was a retail customer. Of course, I was charged sales tax. One has to phone in their order ahead of time. After that pickup can be done on a will-call basis at the facility. I don't know what they'd charge for shipping. Very probably it would be prohibitive. I also bought some wine bottles from them, but the price was slightly higher than I'd have paid at my LHBS. My impression is that this is a good source if you can pick up yourself.
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nukinfuts29
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It's a debate that can be found in many topics around this forum but simply put, they are all fine. People generally advise against <7> which I'm in agreement, but the rest are fine.
jiggs_casey
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I pulled the trigger on a couple today. At $12.00 a pop, they really are hard to pass up. I justified it down to, A.) If they are good enough to store water, they should be good enough to store beer in. Neither of which are caustic. B.) With as much beer as I drink, I should be more worried about what the alcohol in the beer will do to me first! :cross:
Thanks for the tip!
Oh, for the KC people, I bought them at the Walmart in Lees Summit on 291-N.
Thanks for the tip!
Oh, for the KC people, I bought them at the Walmart in Lees Summit on 291-N.
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nukinfuts29
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Nice score!
crazyseany
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Have you drank anything you've made in these bottles?
So what you are saying is you were still alive?
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nukinfuts29
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Theres about 85 gallons of beer wine mead and cider out there and you could never tell me if i made it in these bottles or my pales.
Just found a bunch of <1> bottles here. I found the Better Bottle Style with the handles, but they were office property for the water cooler (not my office). Then on the way home I stopped and found some 5 gal ones at the local grocery store. I will try and get a picture later. They are thinner like the Liter water bottles. For $5... I picked up 2 for the water anyway, and I'll test them out. They might be too thin for real work. THEN on the way out the door... there was another companies 5gal water bottle deposit location! There was a bunch of <1> in the thicker no handle style. Those are $6 deposit tho. so I will keep my eye out for them.
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nukinfuts29
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They are all safe
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nukinfuts29
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Check Lowes and Home Depot
I have found the 5 gallon water bottles that are empty at my walmart. They were not up front, but in the back. I found them fairly near the aisle that has all the water filters and water coolers. The ones here do not state that they are made by BB, but somewhere in Mexico. They are reusable water bottles, so they should work. The price here is $7 ircc.
dcHokie
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Has anyone found these in the DC/VA/MD area?
collitchboy
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As far as Tennessee goes I have checked several places in Rutherford County. Walmart carries the #3 bottles while Lowes and Home Depot carry #7. Like Reaver my departments water cooler has half a dozen #1 sitting next to it. I have asked the secretary to inquire if empties can be bought from the supplier.
yes,I found the #3 at walmart with caps ...funny were $7 at one walmart $12.50 at another ,, the orange rubber caps dont fit the ones with caps unless you cut the neck .. make sure they are were you want them before installing airlock or when you try to move them. they will squirt and suck the fluid out of airlock ...
Felixio
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A little late, I know.
In the Greater Baltimore Area, I have found that the Giant in Catonsville, the Home Depot in Landsdown, and the Walmart in Landsdown all have rosin code 1 bottles filled with water (no indication yet on BB status). Until today I didn't know you could get them empty from any source other than my LHBS, so now I'll be looking for them.
The ones at Giant and Home Depot have handles, but they're solid plastic and don't hold liquid. But the ones at Walmart have the handles that are hollow and allow liquid inside of them. To me this is an inferior choice, since cleaning inside a handle is a pain in the ass.
PM me if you'd like me to keep you up to date on my scouring of the Baltimore area for water (Better) bottles.
bpparker
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Is the stamp located on the bottom of the bottle? I joined this forum site to specifically find a group of people talking about this subject. I just started homebrewing wine and had the same exact question on whether I could use the 5 gal jugs I bought for the water as a carboy. So I assume I just need to make sure it's a #1 PTE or #1 or 2 HDPE? Thanks for the help!
brazedowl
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the short answer is yes. That's what I do all my fermenting in. I don't own a single glass carboy. Just blue 5 gallon plastic water jugs.
the long answer is yes, but there is the issue of oxygen permeability through the plastic. But luckily I'm a high school science teacher and have dissolved oxygen probes. As soon as I can track down a glass carboy to be the control group, I'm going to track dissolved oxygen concentrations over a period of a year and see what I get.
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Any info on the above mentioned experiment?
brazedowl
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As it turns out, got sucked into the whole teaching thing and it got put on hold. Thanks for reminding me
