chainsawpancake said:plastic bad, glass good. in my opinion.
Tell that to my finger. Same thing happened to me that happened to the OP. only I wasn't as lucky. Had to have surgery to repair my tendon and nerve. Still cant move the tip of my finger Just one of those freak accidents. I've switched to better bottles.
postal_penguin said:Bottles are much more forgiving to my slightly inebriated state.
Second thread on this in one week. I don't know why I ever used glass carboys.
bzwyatt said:Is there a drawback I don't know about to buckets? The only thing I can think of that matters is they could get scratched/harbor bacteria easier than glass.
I clean my stuff right away and have never had to scrub a bucket, so I'm not too worried about scratching them, and I know it won't scratch me if I slip doing it, haha.
I don't care anymore if I can watch the fermentation.
I don't care anymore that I have a cool-looking vessel full of beer (yes, I think carboys look cool. It wasn't a reason I got them, but it was a bonus).
I don't even want a better bottle, I don't see the point. Buckets have a big huge opening, easy for pouring into and out of. They have a great handle. You can sanitize, soak bottles, everything in them. they cost less than $10 with a lid.
Is there any good reason to use anything else for this kind of simple brewing?
Is there a drawback I don't know about to buckets? The only thing I can think of that matters is they could get scratched/harbor bacteria easier than glass.
I clean my stuff right away and have never had to scrub a bucket, so I'm not too worried about scratching them, and I know it won't scratch me if I slip doing it, haha.
I don't care anymore if I can watch the fermentation.
I don't care anymore that I have a cool-looking vessel full of beer (yes, I think carboys look cool. It wasn't a reason I got them, but it was a bonus).
I don't even want a better bottle, I don't see the point. Buckets have a big huge opening, easy for pouring into and out of. They have a great handle. You can sanitize, soak bottles, everything in them. they cost less than $10 with a lid.
Is there any good reason to use anything else for this kind of simple brewing?
Does cold sanitize?
Mozart just said he puts ice in his fermenter before he pours the wort in. I've thought about doing that too, but I don't have sanitized ice, so I haven't.
That's why I asked the question.
I have heard of people freezing water that's been boiled in some sort of sealed container/bag and adding that to the boiled wort to chill it.
I found out why I broke the first one, and it was avoidable,
It always is. A lot of times people blame things on "freak accidents" but in reality it's just carelessness and not paying attention to what you're doing.
In reality, breaking glass is in any setting where you handle glass constantly...is inevitable.
No amount of care can prevent it from happening eventually. It can be blamed on human carelessness, but carelessness is an integral part of humanity.
No it's not. I can only think of one thing in life that's inevitable.
Carelessness is from not paying attention to what you're doing and what's going on around you.
You tell me how to extract accidents from humanity and I'll agree they're not inevitable. But since they've been going on since the beginning of recorded history, the evidence is overwhelming.
Edit: the definition of carelessness you give is accurate. But so is the this: Humanity and carelessness are inextricable.
See my signature.
Yeah, I think you're confusing being a control freak with being smart.
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