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Shambolic

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I thought I'd pass on some wisdom from my LHBS. I once inquired about plastic bottles, and they told me they had tested them as follows:

They made a batch of brown ale, and bottled half in glass and half in plastic (the brown PET bottles that are sold with some kits). Apparently after a few months, the stuff in glass was nice, and the stuff in plastic almost undrinkable.

Make of this what you will...
 
There are many kinds of plastic - some are more air-impermeable than others. That could be a factor.

I see no reason to try to improve on what has worked for centuries.
 
I am fairly new to home brewing (on my third batch) I have mostly used plastic bottles, a combination of soday bottles and green 500 ml plastic beer blottles. Though My brews havent lasted months ( because they taste good and I drink them) I havent had any troubles. I plan on getting more Grolshe bottles and a capper eventualy but for now plastic is cheap and seems to work for me even with the porter I brewed.
 
Plastic is just fine, ive been brewing for 4 years now doing a combination of plastic and glass and no problem, maybe its the cheap soda bottles?
 
i hear that lots of people youse soda bottles... i think thats what i am gonna youse on my first batch....
 
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