This is the part where you say welcome to the board dummy...

[DublinOhioBrewer]

Thanks for the tip brother!

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

Holy crap! I'm a Madman. I just bought a 10 gallon Kettle with a thermometer and a ball valve. I'm moving up to All Grain boys. I've come a long way from my busted carboy LOL

 

[MHBT]

I would say stay away from glass carboys,thats all i used to use and still do cause well i have them but you should really consider plastic carboys or steel..IMO buckets rock

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

Acknowledged. That's why I bought two 7 gallon fermonsters

 

[MHBT]

Acknowledged. That's why I bought two 7 gallon fermonsters

Nice i got me one of those, really nice

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

Love them. When I was debating between that and the better bottle I read some not so inspiring reviews about them but I don't know what all the bruhaha's about because I think the fermonster is great

 

[MHBT]

Love them. When I was debating between that and the better bottle I read some not so inspiring reviews about them but I don't know what all the bruhaha's about because I think the fermonster is great

Yeah really nice fermenter, easy to clean just a soak in pbw ,no scrubbing, wide mouth, lid seals, whats not to like about this fermenter? One thing i can say is be careful when rinsing, i warped mine cause i had the water to hot..cheers

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

Yeah I kind of worried about that so I try to keep my temperature warm but not scalding hot

 

[JohnWilliamson062]

Amateurs...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055V2ZPM/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[MHBT]

Amateurs...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055V2ZPM/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Thats funny 500 bucks for a used glass jug

 

[MaxStout]

Thats funny 500 bucks for a used glass jug

Yeah, but it's Pyrex, so you can heat it on the stove.

 

[MHBT]

Yeah, but it's Pyrex, so you can heat it on the stove.

i dont know about you Max, but i would never boil wort in a 500 dollar glass carboy even if its designed to handle direct fire, plus it would be hard to get my immersion chiller in that thing

 

[SEndorf]

Seriously?
Here's an alternative for the same price.

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

Lol SEndorf... I knew that was coming from somebody eventually. Congratulations on not letting me down haha

 

[SEndorf]

I got yer back Dublin....

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

UPS just delivered my 10 gallon Kettle, my biab kit from wilser and my Darkstar 2.0 burner.

And the piece de resistance, my Pliny the Elder clone grains and hops.

It's about to be on like Hoppy Kong!

 

[SEndorf]

Brew on my friend!

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

 

[bleme]

Yeah, but it's Pyrex, so you can heat it on the stove.

There is a warning printed right on it: Do not place over direct heat. And also: Do not scratch or bump. LOL!

 

[MaxStout]

I should've put a smiley on my post. I was joking, because heating carboys on the stove was what started this whole thread.

 

[Vandulus]

Just stumbled across this thread and welcome from just a few miles away! I did something similar on my third batch trying to quickly cool a partial boil. I poured the boiling wort into a glass carboy, added room temp water and stuck it in a plastic tub filled with ice water. When it had cooled down, I went to lift it from the tub and the entire bottom dropped out. My friend laughed his head off after 4 hours of hard work. The only plus is the wort spilled into the tub, so cleanup was easy.

Nowadays I use SS Brewbuckets and an immersion chiller and shake my head at the experience.

 

[SEndorf]

Here's the bottom of my glass carboy from December 2015.
Never again.....

 

[myndflyte]

^That looks like it could be a lethal weapon.

 

[cmac62]

Thanks for sharing. Your next brew day has to be better. When I first bought all of my equipment on CL I got three glass carboys. I broke two within the next couple of months and the third sits in my shed never to be touched. I don't secondary and I have a lot of buckets. Welcome to the obsession.

 

[DublinOhioBrewer]

Just stumbled across this thread and welcome from just a few miles away! I did something similar on my third batch trying to quickly cool a partial boil. I poured the boiling wort into a glass carboy, added room temp water and stuck it in a plastic tub filled with ice water. When it had cooled down, I went to lift it from the tub and the entire bottom dropped out. My friend laughed his head off after 4 hours of hard work. The only plus is the wort spilled into the tub, so cleanup was easy.

Nowadays I use SS Brewbuckets and an immersion chiller and shake my head at the experience.

Yeah... i have two Fermonsters now. Love them. I have a glass carboy still... ill keep it for a secondary. Ill need one some as im about to brew a pliny the elder clone.

 

[brews2gf]

It’s incredible that you didn’t get cut; story is kind of stomach-turning IMO after having seen some of the pictures about glass carboy incidents.

I’m amazed honestly that you didn’t know that glass doesn’t survive quick temperature changes (like a direct flame) unless it’s specifically designed for it (like an Erlenmeyer flask, etc). I’m assuming now you also know you can’t take a hot glass directly from the dishwasher and pour yourself a nice cold glass of ice water in it.

I too am shaking my head. You’re a lucky dude. Welcome to the hobby!