Dropped my glass carboy today...

[ohiobrewtus]

But NEVER use the handle to carry a full carboy!

I've done this more times than I can remember and never once had a problem. I've never even come lose to having a problem.

 

[TexLaw]

I've done this more times than I can remember and never once had a problem. I've never even come lose to having a problem.

. . . yet.

So many of us like to leave out that critical word when it comes to safety. I've been brewing for 15 years. I've hauled 5 and 6.5 gallon glass carboys lifted them onto counters or over deep freeze walls, set them maybe a little too hard onto the floor, banged a couple empty ones into walls, and lost control of a few empty ones in the tub while washing, but I've never broken one . . . yet.

Like the other folks said, Brew-Haulers cost something like $15, but you can use one for all your carboys (especially if they are the same size - it's a pain to adjust them). Better Bottles cost the same as a new carboy.

I've taken the plunge on a couple Brew-Haulers several years ago and a couple Better Bottles recently, and I haven't regretted it. ( no ". . . yet" there).


TL

 

[El_Borracho]

My girlfriend laughed at me when i bought a better bottle this weekend. She said "You should just get glass, it'll probably last longer and wont absorb odors of previous beers." and I said "yeah, but it wont shatter and kill me like glass when I drop it, and you know i am clumsy"

Who's laughing now?!

Also, sorry about your carboy.

She probably knew that, you should keep an eye for suspicious activity from said "girlfriend".

Heh..

 

[sanders5x]

I love the milk crate! I use them all the time, the 5 gallon carboys have some room to move, but with a couple of towels or cardboard its no problem. The 6.5 gallon carboys have a nice snug fit. I like the idea of the cardboard on the bottom. I acquired my milk crates during spring cleaning, I saw them on the side of the road. The milk crates also work good for giving a boost to a smaller mash tun for gravity feed, I place one under my 5 gallon rubbermaid tun all the time, and I suppose 2 of them would work great for one of those rectangular coolers.

 

[Bobby_M]

Yeah exactly. If those water cooler bottles worked, I doubt Better Bottles would be in business. Not to mention, they're 5 gallons which means bad for primary in most people's brewhouses. I guess they'd work for some short term storage but I'll stick to my BBs...

Just think, that little dent you got in your BB would have been a pile of shards if it were a glass carboy. I need to score a few more 6 gallon ones. I wish they'd come out with a 6.5 or even 7g version with a slightly thicker wall.

 

[BierMuncher]

I have two glass carboys and one BB. Couple of adjustments I made in the brew shop:

1) Placed thick carpet swatches in all areas where I would be handling carboys.
2) Swapped out my metal hose sprayer for plastic (the sound of a metal hose sprayer clinking on that glass every time I sprayed it out made me shudder.
3) Use a pair of rubber gloves to handle glass carboys…insures no slippery grips.
4) Once rinsed out, carboys are drained and stored in milk crates.

 

[JohnBarleycorn]

Just bought 2 6 gal BBs saturday

 

[gruffudd]

Hrm perhaps this is the way to approach SWMBO about that conical I want... "Gee honey I could get hurt if I dropped one of these, I would be *much* safer if I had this nice conical....."


Don't think it would work, but hey it's worth a shot