Holy Carboy Batman!!

[Revvy]

Cool. I may pick up a couple and label them with a sharpy for sours...I want to start making some, but don't want to cross contaminate.

 

[nukinfuts29]

Every one of mine are going to Apfelwein right now. Two will be the classic Ed recipe (except with Nottingham) and the other four will be me experimenting with it.

 

[Skagdog]

Good night, look at that! Thanks for the info, I just looked at the jugs my brew water came in, they're 3 gallon PETE! SWMBO was about to get rid of 4 of them this morning on her way to work. Can't wait to find some more things to brew in 3 gallon batches.....

 

[nukinfuts29]

I may actually take one and make some Skeeter Pee.

 

[CCBrewer]

Nope not here where I am.. but I have 2 other super walmarts and a regular one to check first...


Mine were in water section and were as described, but on bottom it was a #3 and hecho en mexico.... made in mexico bottle.... so no go...

They stock Primo Water here in the front of store...




Can we get a pic of the bottles you got and what the packaging looks like????

 

[nukinfuts29]

Sure. The labels were black (I pulled them off, got to finish cleaning off the paper backing) with yellow designs of some sort. I think Walmart chooses suppliers based on cost and location, so it may not all be the same.

Both of these bottles are PTE, #1, Better Bottle manufactured. I took a picture of two so I could rotate one to show the handle. They are pretty standard in appearance, very easy to see through.

Honestly not to start the obvious, over done debates, but if it's free of the bio phosphates or whatever it was, I would say go ahead and use them. Personal preference, but the way I see it these are plastic fermenter's not heated 'shine stills so it's not the big deal everyone makes it out to be.

 

[nukinfuts29]

Oh and I had the cap on wrong, with the cap on and snug it is absolutely a tight enough seal to just drill and grommet the bottle's stock cap for the airlock. That said I already ordered my two way caps, so if they fit I will use these stock ones for storage and cleaning.

 

[huesmann]

Re: suckback, plastic bottles have a lot of suckback potential if you have to move them around, since they flex (glass doesn't), which changes the volume. For instance, if you have to move it from floor to table to rack. But as said before, using sanitizer or alcohol in your airlock is fine.

 

[SteveHoward]

The two chambered airlocks will allow air to travel either direction without letting water escape if the they are not overfilled. I haven't bought any of the 3 piece airlocks to see how they work, but surely they have a similar way of allowing a reverse airflow without sucking liquid inside. You can feel free to correct me on that.

With the airlocks I have been using, I just don't see the concern for suckback that people talk about on here. How do people get suckback?

 

[SwampassJ]

Checked two Walmarts, Sams Club and a Publix. Neither Walmart had bottles, empty or full above 2.5Gallons fridge jugs. Sams Club had #7s and Publix had #7s. Going to check one more Walmart during the week.

 

[nukinfuts29]

Good luck!

I bought three peice airlocks, and since we have about 40 bottles (i got a few cases free) of Seagrams Vodka I will just fill with that.

 

[Revvy]

This has happened before. There was a thread a couple years ago about <2> 5 gallon water jugs with water showing up at HDs. And it seemed to be a regional thing people headed out to theirs and found <7>s instead. Like someone said different regions can have different distribution and different products.

 

[kh54s10]

Re: suckback, plastic bottles have a lot of suckback potential if you have to move them around, since they flex (glass doesn't), which changes the volume. For instance, if you have to move it from floor to table to rack. But as said before, using sanitizer or alcohol in your airlock is fine.

Very simple: Remove the airlock, place a piece of sanitized foil or Saran Wrap over the top, move the bottle, sanitize and re-install the airlock.

PS heading to WallyWorld now to check this out.

 

[Revvy]

Very simple: Remove the airlock, place a piece of sanitized foil or Saran Wrap over the top, move the bottle, sanitize and re-install the airlock.

Or just don't worry if a little gets sucked back in...If it's sanitizer or alcohol it just doesn't matter. I think this is another one of those "boogeyman" that new brewers waste a lot of time stressing out about....It's not like you're taking a piss or dump in the fermenter.

 

[nukinfuts29]

During prohibition they didn't stress this much LOL

 

[Revvy]

During prohibition they didn't stress this much LOL

Nope they just threw a pie tin on top of their ceramic fermenting crocks.

 

[Revvy]

I bottled two batches yesterday. While I was putting caps into my vinator to sanitize I dropped one from the baggie into the bottling bucket while I was racking it over. I just shrugged my shoulders and continued on....

 

[nukinfuts29]

Homer Simpson didn't even clean his bath tub first haha. Man I can't wait to start. Apex Brew Wares is in Independence, about four hours from me, so I'm hoping fedex shows up by thursday.

 

[Skagdog]

FYI- I bought the ones I have at Lowe's and they were full of spring water. They were only 5 or 6 bucks....you may want to check out Lowe's and Home Depot if you get a chance....

 

[nukinfuts29]

FYI- I bought the ones I have at Lowe's and they were full of spring water. They were only 5 or 6 bucks....you may want to check out Lowe's and Home Depot if you get a chance....

In my case they didn't have any in stock. Plus to be honest I'm far too impatient to drink all the water, and would feel bad wasting a jug of it to pour out.

 

[Tw0fish]

Plus to be honest I'm far too impatient to drink all the water, and would feel bad wasting a jug of it to pour out.

BREW WITH IT!

We just got a new Walmart down the street - much to the dismay of everybody near it - which has the same sorta setup.. buy empty bottles or open & fill them. Of course I asked if they've got 5g sitting around. Guy says no but they're on order... so I am the phantom of the walmart, haunting it until my curse is lifted! haha.

Does this 'better bottle logo' *say* better bottle on it? Or is it an image I oughta be able to recognize?

 

[nukinfuts29]

Mine is very clearly stamped with the Better Bottle logo / name.

A note to those using these, the inside of the cap has a foam "pad" in it. The lid seals fine, for me at least, without the pad. I would suggest removing it now and throwing it out as it may fester bacteria.

 

[CCBrewer]

Well this is crazy... I better find them.... to bad we can not just buy them from better bottle

 

[nukinfuts29]

Edited due to double post

 

[Skagdog]

BREW WITH IT!


I brew with it. I've got a whole house filter for my water. In order to use the fridge water for drinking we've added an RO system. It would take me over a week to get enough water for a 5 gallon brew day. I've been buying the three gallon bottles because of the price but I'm gonna keep my eye out for the 5 gal because i'm gonna by water jugs, I might as well reduce, reuse, recycle, right?

I suck at quoting on here...

 

[nukinfuts29]

BREW WITH IT!


I brew with it. I've got a whole house filter for my water. In order to use the fridge water for drinking we've added an RO system. It would take me over a week to get enough water for a 5 gallon brew day. I've been buying the three gallon bottles because of the price but I'm gonna keep my eye out for the 5 gal because i'm gonna by water jugs, I might as well reduce, reuse, recycle, right?

I suck at quoting on here...

I would have brewed with it, except one would have to be poured out to have somewhere for the brew to go! Lucky for me, Walmart had the hookup. I now have 10 of them, and the shelf at Wally World has 0 lol.

 

[kh54s10]

Just got back from Wally World and K Land. They both had bottles that looked like the ones pictured. But, they were #3 bottles made in Mexico. I passed on them. Maybe they will be changing suppliers to the Better Bottles so I will check again.

Or maybe just go with Home Depot/Lowes buckets at about $3.50 with the lid.

But I do like my Better Bottles so I can see what's happening in there.

 

[nukinfuts29]

If all they had was #3 el mexico del something or other's I'd still be buying a few.

 

[nukinfuts29]

Question:

The bottles (as you can see in the pic) still have the sticky paper residue from the labels on there. I want to clean it off, so I have the most visibility into the bottle.

I don't want to scrape it, as I want to avoid scratches. Normally I would bust out the Acetone and get it right off there with a rag. In this case i'm afraid of the plastic absorbing the chemicals in Acetone.

Any ideas for getting it off?

 

[Flomaster]

Question:

The bottles (as you can see in the pic) still have the sticky paper residue from the labels on there. I want to clean it off, so I have the most visibility into the bottle.

I don't want to scrape it, as I want to avoid scratches. Normally I would bust out the Acetone and get it right off there with a rag. In this case i'm afraid of the plastic absorbing the chemicals in Acetone.

Any ideas for getting it off?

Hot water, oxyclean

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