Will this work as a growler?

[akthor]

I bought a one gallon glass bottle with a screw top. It looks like the big jugs with a thumb handle they put wine in at the grocery store.

Would it be ok to use as a growler? I am thinking I can make the we dont need know stinking beer gun beer gun to fill it up with from my keg? Easy way to bring a gallon of home brew with me to a party.

Good idea??

 

[TomSD]

Sure it will work for transporting beer and all you really need is a piece of tube... no need for anything fancy as long as the tube reaches the bottom of the growler.

 

[bad67z]

I do this all the time with flip to bottles it works great.

 

[MacBruver]

The only thing you might want to be careful of is if the glass (and more likely the cap) can handle the pressure from a gallon of homebrew. The bigger the bottle, the thicker the glass needs to be.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Those 1 Gallons jugs are beast and will be fine. I use them for that all the time.

 

[cmuench]

I recently started using these 1 gallon green jugs with a plastic screw top from B3 as well. They work great if you drink the beer within a couple of days. I sent my dad with a couple to see his family and it went flat from tuesday to friday. Im not sure how long it'll stay carbed.

 

[akthor]

yeah I would fill it and drink it within hours so I would hope the pressure would be ok.

 

[wyzazz]

If it's clear you'll probably want to keep it away from sunlight and florescent light to prevent skunking. A beer loaded with hops can skunk in 10 minutes if left in the sunlight.