Anyone have a picture of a 6 gal better bottle with gallon marks on it?

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I would like to make an estimate of how many gallons of beer I have fermenting in my new 6 gal BB. I thought if someone had a picture of theirs with gallon markings on it, I could make a pretty good guess. Anyone?

Thanks...

 

[Whiskey]

I took a 1 gallon pitcher and and started filling the BB one gallon at a time. Just throw a line at each gallon mark with a Sharpie or other marker. The 6 gallon mark is about an inch below the neck of the BB.

 

[Duckfoot]

+1 on Whiskey's post... I did the same on my glass carboys... Guess-tamations are ok, but I would spent the little time it requires to DIY...

Good luck

 

[chefchris]

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I should have explained that I put a batch it it already and I want to estimate how much beer I have in it now (its only my 2nd AG attempt - 1st time at 5 gal batch size). I will definitely do the 1 gal graduations accurately myself once its empty.

 

[elkdog]

ern sfjghdnfsgjd

Aaaand... image saved. I figured out where the 5 G line was, but this image is handy to have. Thanks!

 

[npauley88]

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[npauley88]

I filled both my 5 gal and 6 gal better bottles up in .5 gal increments using a growler and my 5 gal line for the 5 gal better bottle doesn't match the 5 gal mark in the picture.

Anyone else have this problem?

 

[onthekeg]

He is picturing the 6.5 gallon size BBottle.

 

[npauley88]

He is picturing the 6.5 gallon size BBottle.

In that case it matches up perfectly!

Thanks, I have a bad habit of half reading things

 

[milldoggy]

Is there a 6.5 BB, I never seen one.

 

[DeafSmith]

Is there a 6.5 BB, I never seen one.

No, they only make 3,5, and 6. There's an explanation on the BB web site as to why they don't make 6.5 gallon ones - has to do with shipping.

 

[onthekeg]

Okay, then he was showing the largest one!