Hey everyone,
I have 4 carboys. Two of the smoother carboys (5.5gal) and two of the grenade style (6gal) carboys. The grenade style have the square pattern on the outside. My problem is both of the grenade style have developed cracks in them. They are small, but I'm worried about filling them back up with 5gal of heavy wort. I treat all my carboys very carefully and have never dropped them or banged them on anything. I also never expose them to anything hot (maybe 105 degree water when cleaning them), so thermal shock shouldn't be an issue. The smoother carboys are both several years old while these grenade style carboys that are cracking are maybe 1 year old at most.
Does anyone else have experience with this? At $40ish a carboy, I don't really want to buy two more just to have this happen again. But I like the larger size for head space, etc.
Thoughts?
I have 4 carboys. Two of the smoother carboys (5.5gal) and two of the grenade style (6gal) carboys. The grenade style have the square pattern on the outside. My problem is both of the grenade style have developed cracks in them. They are small, but I'm worried about filling them back up with 5gal of heavy wort. I treat all my carboys very carefully and have never dropped them or banged them on anything. I also never expose them to anything hot (maybe 105 degree water when cleaning them), so thermal shock shouldn't be an issue. The smoother carboys are both several years old while these grenade style carboys that are cracking are maybe 1 year old at most.
Does anyone else have experience with this? At $40ish a carboy, I don't really want to buy two more just to have this happen again. But I like the larger size for head space, etc.
Thoughts?