wreckinball9
Well-Known Member
there are a lot of threads on here about using water bottles as fermenters, so i wanted to make a recommendation
after looking at a bunch of stores locally, including Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, Target, and multiple grocery stores, the only 5 gallon water bottles i could find were #7s which means they are unspecified type of plastic and should not be used for fermenting. (according to most folks on HBT)
i love better bottles and want a couple more but im sick of spending $28 for each 5 gallon BB at my LHBS.
So i came across this site:
Two 5 Gallon (PET) Water Bottles
and ordered these two #1 PETE 5 gallon bottles, for $27 including shipping. i recieved them yesterday and already have them in use. they are blue, but other than that i dont see any disadvantage and i got two for the price of one Better Bottle. if you are in the market for more vessels, i'd check it out.
after looking at a bunch of stores locally, including Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, Target, and multiple grocery stores, the only 5 gallon water bottles i could find were #7s which means they are unspecified type of plastic and should not be used for fermenting. (according to most folks on HBT)
i love better bottles and want a couple more but im sick of spending $28 for each 5 gallon BB at my LHBS.
So i came across this site:
Two 5 Gallon (PET) Water Bottles
and ordered these two #1 PETE 5 gallon bottles, for $27 including shipping. i recieved them yesterday and already have them in use. they are blue, but other than that i dont see any disadvantage and i got two for the price of one Better Bottle. if you are in the market for more vessels, i'd check it out.