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Can anyone foresee any issues with reusing screw-cap growlers to bottle a batch? Will they carbonate OK? Anyone with any experience with this?
Using Growlers to Bottle
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JetSmooth
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I have not done this. But everyone cautions against it.
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integrator
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There is a good chance you will have rather large grenades on your hands. Typically the glass is too thin and explodes...
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That's all I need to hear. Question was actually for a friend who has a bunch of growlers. I have 10 cases of bottles (much to my wife's chagrin) and have no need to bottle in growlers. Thanks for the input.
I have bottled low carbonated stouts in them but nothing highly carbonated. I didnt have any bombs with them but I did bottle an IPA off the keg into a growler and had it explode in my truck when driving and it was shaked a fair amout.
thisjrp4
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I didn't have a bomb, but as I kept pouring from the growler all the sediment kicked up and the last beer was real cloudy. I suppose if you pour right from the growler into a pitcher you can avoid that problem.
