6 gal Better Bottle for Primary Fermenter?

[CBBaron]

Here is a collection of glass carboy horror stories that I found the other day when I was on my lunch break. It's something to think about before you buy another glass carboy.

I highly recommend the better bottles. I also have my full thoughts on the glass/plastic debate here.

That is one scary collection of horror stories. I just put a 5gal BB in my online cart to go with the 6gal BB I already have.
Craig

 

[kenb]

Here is a collection of glass carboy horror stories that I found the other day when I was on my lunch break. It's something to think about before you buy another glass carboy.

I highly recommend the better bottles. I also have my full thoughts on the glass/plastic debate here.

Man do i feel lucky..instead of dropping mine, it simply collapsed on the stand i had it sitting on while i was putting the stopper in it, and i only cut two cuts from it..that bled a lot, but didn't need stitches or anything. The worst part was losing the Imperial Stout wort....so guess i am lucky compared to most of those guys.

 

[Cap'n Jewbeard]

Haaaaaa ha, well, I kinda-sorta melted my 3-gallon BB tonight...

I racked the mead in there fresh off the stove. Not sure what the temp was, it wasn't THAT high as the mead hadn't been simmering or anything, but the BB kind of deformed a little.

Still works, though, and now it's all solid and groovy again. Lesson learned, hopefully no harm done, and a bit of a laugh for me!