Now understand the draw of glass

[RPCidery]

IMO, the Mexican carboys from yesteryear are superior to current production Italian. The only thing better is US made glass like O-I.

 

[mikescooling]

I hate glass and hate is a strong word. Get a better bottle and watch it though the plastic. My dog just cut a pad on some glass, I HATE IT! And I think a lot of people shove their hand and arm through the broken carboy as it breaks, and that's what cuts them up.

 

[Denny]

Yup, my SWMBO has made plenty of batches of wine in glass carboys, but I've never used one for beer.

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All those proteins and gas bubbles shooting around! Had no idea fermentation was so violent lol! Freaking awesome seeing it what it is!

Used some Liberty ale yeast I built up from some bottles for this Irish red for a "what the heck" and man its booming. Had my first blow off too lol.

After a few hundred batches, you get over it.

 

[PlexVector]

First time seeing the activity of the blow off tube in a large bucket at a local brewery was amazing. It looked like it was boiling! But yes, I do like watching the active fermentation.

 

[Denny]

I hate glass and hate is a strong word. Get a better bottle and watch it though the plastic. My dog just cut a pad on some glass, I HATE IT! And I think a lot of people shove their hand and arm through the broken carboy as it breaks, and that's what cuts them up.

I not only hate glass, I hate the carboy form factor. I switched from carboys to buckets about 12 years and 300 batches ago and I'd never go back. There is no downside to the buckets.

 

[day_trippr]

There are plenty of negatives to buckets. Scratch-prone, O2 permeable, unreliable seals, suck-back if you pick up a full one with a blow-off or 3-piece bubbler attached...there's likely more.

But you can work around most of them - or simply ignore them - all in exchange for knowing they can't actually kill you...

Cheers!

 

[Denny]

There are plenty of negatives to buckets. Scratch-prone, O2 permeable, unreliable seals, suck-back if you pick up a full one with a blow-off or 3-piece bubbler attached...there's likely more.

But you can work around most of them - or simply ignore them - all in exchange for knowing they can't actually kill you...

Cheers!

Have you personally encountered any of those problems? I haven't.

 

[kombat]

I've had batches infected by scratched buckets, and I've encountered the "suck back" problem when picking up a bucket. I've also had a bug make its way into a bucket a long time ago. Hasn't happened with carboys.

 

[kh54s10]

The only thing better is US made glass like O-I.

The only thing better that US made glass like O-I is plastic or stainless steel.

 

[day_trippr]

Have you personally encountered any of those problems? I haven't.

Of course. Because your buckets aren't O2 permeable, are totally scratch-proof, are stiffer than cast iron, and have perfect seals.

Uh huh...

 

[Denny]

I've had batches infected by scratched buckets, and I've encountered the "suck back" problem when picking up a bucket. I've also had a bug make its way into a bucket a long time ago. Hasn't happened with carboys.

I've only done 300 or so batches in buckets so far, but I've never had either of those happen.

 

[Denny]

Of course. Because your buckets aren't O2 permeable, are totally scratch-proof, are stiffer than cast iron, and have perfect seals.

Uh huh...

The beer only stays in the buckets for maybe a week or 2, so O2 permeability isn't an issue. The seals are tight and the buckets are stiff enough that I've never had suck back. What can I tell you?

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

I love using glass carboys so I can watch the yeast beasties turn wort into beer. In fact, I'm thinking of hooking up my camcorder to its power cable so the battery doesn't run down, and set it up to do a time lapse video of the active fermentation when I get around to another brew day.

 

[Nico93]

I'd like to buy one of this!
I also read that some are made in Italy but in Italy are very hard to find!