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Date: 13 Sep 2006 16:28:40
From: OrganicVeggie
Subject: Fermenting in 5 Gallon Water Jugs
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So I just bought one of the Better Bottle 5 gallon carboys. I've been
excited to check them out as an alterrnative to glass carboys and mine
arrived today. After looking at it, I remembered I have 4 of those blue
5 gallon water jugs you can buy for purified water. Does anyone know
what those water jugs are made out of? Is it similar to the PET
material used in the Better Bottle carboys? Could I safely ferment and
age beer in them?
-Sean
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It
helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear
weapons, but at the very least, you need a beer.
-- Frank Zappa
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Date: 13 Sep 2006 18:33:38
From:
Subject: Re: Fermenting in 5 Gallon Water Jugs
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OrganicVeggie wrote:
> So I just bought one of the Better Bottle 5 gallon carboys. I've been
> excited to check them out as an alterrnative to glass carboys and mine
> arrived today. After looking at it, I remembered I have 4 of those blue
> 5 gallon water jugs you can buy for purified water. Does anyone know
> what those water jugs are made out of? Is it similar to the PET
> material used in the Better Bottle carboys? Could I safely ferment and
> age beer in them?
>
> -Sean
> --
> You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It
> helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear
> weapons, but at the very least, you need a beer.
> -- Frank Zappa
Keep it out of the light whatever you decide to do.
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Date: 13 Sep 2006 23:41:27
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Fermenting in 5 Gallon Water Jugs
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On 13 Sep 2006 16:28:40 -0700, <organicveggie@gmail.com > wrote:
> So I just bought one of the Better Bottle 5 gallon carboys. I've been
> excited to check them out as an alterrnative to glass carboys and mine
> arrived today. After looking at it, I remembered I have 4 of those blue
> 5 gallon water jugs you can buy for purified water. Does anyone know
> what those water jugs are made out of? Is it similar to the PET
> material used in the Better Bottle carboys? Could I safely ferment and
> age beer in them?
You can ferment in them, but I wouldn't do any significant aging. Based on
past discussions here, they're fairly thin and oxygen permeable.
John.
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