I have to imagine a better bottle wouldn't hold up too well if full of beer and droped from waiste height. It wouldn't shatter but I'm sure it'd crack.
EdWort says different - and proves it
I have to imagine a better bottle wouldn't hold up too well if full of beer and droped from waiste height. It wouldn't shatter but I'm sure it'd crack.
I've been using mine for years without any problems.I would not be trusting those flimsy milk crates. i would prefer milk crates but can't find anything besides those kind at walmart.....
If you aren't responsible enough to care for a glass carboy, please don't use one.
I was carrying a full one down the basement stairs and the slip-on handle slipped OFF!! Of course I was at the top of the stairs when it happened, so it cartwheeled all the way down the stairs spewing all the way. The bottle was not hurt, and I lost about a gallon of beer, but it was well aerated!!
they're made of an incredibly fragile, inconsistent, temperature sensitive and dangerous material
We should commission Corelle to make carboys. I have 3 Corelle serving plates that I've dropped from 4ft multiple times and I've yet to break one. I even dropped one intentionally to see if I could break/crack/chip it. Nope.
You're talking about plastic, right? Because that describes both of them. Just the fragility, consistency, temperature sensitivity, and dangers vary. Glass can be tempered to not be temperature sensitive - same as plastic, in fact plastic will often have problems first [except some special plastic, but then are they really food grade].
They're probably heavier than regular glass too.
Word. For the sake of some stomachs out there, I won't show you the other foot.
P.S. I didn't drop it. I was racking to this carboy as a secondary, tilted it at and angle to prevent splashing. Once I got about a gallon in there it decided to shatter. Couldn't believe my eyes as it impaled one foot and then rained pieces into this foot. Now I own a ton of Better Bottles.
Word. For the sake of some stomachs out there, I won't show you the other foot.
Wow that is nuts. Was the carboy hot and the beer cold? I usually use corny kegs for secondary, but sometimes 5 gal glass.
Yikes! Maybe you should show the other foot, as a Public Service Announcement. Make it a "sticky!"
Hope everything healed up OK.
Word. For the sake of some stomachs out there, I won't show you the other foot.
P.S. I didn't drop it. I was racking to this carboy as a secondary, tilted it at and angle to prevent splashing. Once I got about a gallon in there it decided to shatter. Couldn't believe my eyes as it impaled one foot and then rained pieces into this foot. Now I own a ton of Better Bottles.
Hey everyone. New brewer here. Real new - I'm three days into my first brew (don't laugh now) with a Mr. Beer. If I like it, I'll move up to the real deal after the two included kits are bottled.
Any thoughts on these?
Amazon.com: Bluewave Home 5 Gallon Big-Mouth Multi-Use Polycarbonate Water Bottle: Sports & Outdoors
They're not PET. I don't know if Polycarbonate will absorb flavors or not. I kind of like the wide mouth, but they make regular ones as well. Too bad they don't make 6 or 6.5 gallon for primary firmentation.
IMHO, I'd save myself the time, money and headache (in the case of something going wrong) and just get some 6 gallon Better Bottles, they're perfect for both primary and secondary.
Wow again. I consider myself lucky considering how I've handled mine. I just always assumed they were pretty sturdy unless totally dropped from chest high or something. Picked up my second better bottle yesterday. I'm going to slowly make the transition and sell the glass.
I don't move carboys, full or empty, unless they're in a milk crate.
Only time they come out of the milk crate is to roll Star-San through them prior to filling with wort. When cleaning, I even leave them in the crate.
OK, just one thing to add about BB's. I aerate my wort by shaking the BB on the bottom corner, and I've never had one break. personally, I just don't see how glass is worth the risk. I know that risk can be mitigated through responsible handling, but switching to BB's didn't just mitigate the risk, it eliminated it. I ended up giving away all 3 of my glass carboys and haven't looked back since.
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