So if I read correctly in 39 posts there have been only 2 people who have personal experience with a glass carboy breaking.
FWIW I still use glass carboys.
that says nothing about their safety.
So if I read correctly in 39 posts there have been only 2 people who have personal experience with a glass carboy breaking.
FWIW I still use glass carboys.
that says nothing about their safety.
Neither does a story from my cousin's, sister's husband's, best friend's, college roommate who broke a carboy once. Since we really don't know what happened.
Why do these posts seem to come up every couple of days now? Is someone trying to sell better bottles or something?
I've used both carboys and buckets effectively. I've always been extremely careful when handling carboys, though accidents can happen no matter how careful you are. I like glass, and have never had an issue. It's the reason we drink nice beer and wine out of glass instead of plastic. Even without getting into anything scientific, it does just -seem- cleaner and more pure. Sometimes I feel like people are being disparaged for using glass carboys, which isn't cool in my opinion. The OP does seem to just be a reminder though, nothing wrong with that,
I cracked a glass carboy a month ago. I literally bumped on the counter as I was cleaning the carboy. I was being careful but s#!t happens. I bought another glass carboy. The reason for buying another glass carboy is because I read where PBW reacts with better bottles and creates pits in the plastic. Does anyone use better bottles and PBW? If so, any reactions between the two? Im still not sold on better bottles because I really don't understand how to clean them without scratching them. Anyone want to chime in on this?
eastoak said:i think the whole scratch in the plastic thing is way overblown. there are people on these boards who are using 5-10 yr old buckets with no problems and others who will throw out a new bucket because of a scratch. what you won't find is anyone who has gotten an infection that could be traced to a scratch! PBW did not pit my better bottles after a 24hr soak.
The way I handle my glass carboy is to always support it in a milk crate or BrewHauler when it has any appreciable amount of liquid in it. I always empty the liquid by siphoning it out (except for the very last quart or two). I soak the carboy in an OxiClean solution to clean it, then siphon that out, spray the inside with a hose with the carboy lying on its side, never putting in more than a couple of quarts, roll the carboy back and forth to rinse, then upend it to drain, being very careful not to bump it.
Nice to know there isn't a reaction. Do you use a carboy brush on the better bottles or do you just do a 24 hour soak in PBW?
Grinder12000 said:I had infections that were traced back to my bucket. I'll never use a plastic bucket after 30 batches after that experience. Micro scratches do occurs. Wasted 5 batches replacing everything. Finally I dumped the bucket and I ran clean for the first time in 5 batches.
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