1 Gallon Glass Jug ONE GALLON Indicator

[Spyk'd]

This may sound painfully obvious, but many people do not realize...


...the 1 gallon point on a 1 gallon, glass jug is exactly where the raised letters are that are printed "ONE GALLON" and NOT up the neck, at all. This is a mark, not a label.


See?

Like I said, this MAY be painfully obvious!

:cross:

 

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

Did not know that Im going to assume thats the situation for my half gallon jug. Nice.

 

[Spyk'd]

Did not know that Im going to assume thats the situation for my half gallon jug. Nice.

I helped ONE person! I'm satisfied...


Glad I could help.

 

[jay_mack1]

So what size of stopper do those take. Laughing! I just picked up five of them at my folks over the holidays.

 

[Spyk'd]

A #6 stopper will fit the jug and I'd recommend getting a couple un-drilled ones for aerating your wort by shaking the jug stoppered. This is how I make my starters.

 

[eriktlupus]

so what about these?

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[Spyk'd]

The amber jug looks like an acid bottle and that would be comparable to the clear one I have. If the words "ONE GALLON" are stamped into the bottle, it's a dead giveaway that it's a marker.


The bottle on the right looks like a Gallo (or somesuch) gallon wine jug and those will measure up to the neck due to preventing headspace.


You can always use a measuring cup to find out and report back to us!

 

[eriktlupus]

i already have. they both run to the neck

as an aside the brown/amber is an old soda syrup bottle circa 1950's
there's a salvage company nearby that has 10-15 cases of em (sixers)

 

[RichBrewer]

That was not obvious to me! Thanks for the info!

 

[Socalbadger]

But is it the top of the letters or the bottom?

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

But is it the top of the letters or the bottom?

For my one gal carboys, it's 120 oz to the bottom of the letters.

YMMV.

15 years ago, in reply #7, it was suggested that ...

You can always use a measuring cup to find out and report back to us!

... and that's still solid advice.

 

[Socalbadger]

Hmm, well you’re 8 oz short there. I just tested mine and it was one gallon to the tippy top. It actually overflowed a couple ounces. So on mine (and possibly yours) the one gallon is just a label.

 

[pvtpublic]

But is it the top of the letters or the bottom?

Definitely the horizontal line of the A, or is it the middle line of the E?

 

[Socalbadger]

Mine is neither, in fact a full gallon overflows it by a bit.

 

[bobtheUKbrewer2]

always weigh out your water and then add to your jug, then mark your jug with a gold or silver sharpie pen. Happy new year to all of you in USA, canada, cuba, etc.

 

[redrocker652002]

I did not know that. I figured out what mine is and put a piece of tape and a sharpie mark. It was about to where you said it was. I still had some space before the top of the bottle. Good to know.