Prove it
That ain't how that works.
Prove it
If you choose to use them you will break one at some point.
What makes you think that?
Law of averages??? Seems like almost everyone who uses one eventually breaks one.
When I took motorcycle safety, the instructors talked about learning how to prevent a wreck and how to minimize the damage when you fall. They were very specific: it's not "if", it's "when". You have to behave in a manner that makes the assumption of "when". You might go through your whole life never wrecking on your bike, and you might do the same with a glass carboy, but act as if it is always possible that you will eventually, and you might come out alive.
If no one has suggested it already, for those that insist on using glass carboys, perhaps a wrapping of something like this is in order.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GSIK40S/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
If no one has suggested it already, for those that insist on using glass carboys, perhaps a wrapping of something like this is in order.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GSIK40S/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
If no one has suggested it already, for those that insist on using glass carboys, perhaps a wrapping of something like this is in order.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GSIK40S/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
There isn't much insisting on using glass. It seems more like a lot of folks insisting others use plastic.
Yet people are still using them.
What do you do if you wanna' clean the carboy, after wrapping with this stuff?
The outside would look like hell!
The outside might look like hell but it could save you from severing arteries!!!!
Glass or plastic?
Glass. At least if stubborn folks wrap their glass carboy they might avoid serious injury.
I agree the best thing is not to use one, but failing that the wrap seems like a possible safety measure
Glass. At least if stubborn folks wrap their glass carboy they might avoid serious injury.
I agree the best thing is not to use one, but failing that the wrap seems like a possible safety measure
Or you could just be careful and pay attention to what you're doing. Problem solved.
I haven't found any reasons yet not to use glass, fear mongering notwithstanding (not referring to passedpawn, FYI). I have seen some excellent examples of why safe handling practices and wearing PPE is paramount when using glass.
I think that if a person does not want to take proper precautions, plastic is the way to go.
- Don't use glass around harder surfaces, such as stone or concrete
- Don't handle the outside when wet
- Don't be intoxicated prior to or while handling
- Wear hand and forearm protection
- Wear eye protection
Speaking of, I got my rack up, and you can see my leather welding gloves and apron that I use when transporting the carboys. The rack itself is screwed into the wall, though I have to get some plumbers tape for the part in front of the window, and a couple bungee cords to cordon off the open faces.
Plastic fermenter are safe and a lot less expensive than this:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=396563&stc=1&d=1492190831
Have you actually read through this thread and similar ones???
There have been incidences, that didn't cause injuries, where a carboy broke with no one nearby.
Something caused them to break. They don't break for no reason. If you believe they do, you're extremely naive.
Something caused them to break. They don't break for no reason. If you believe they do, you're extremely naive.
It may have been pressure. It may have been heat. It may have been faulty construction.
It doesn't really matter what caused it.
The whole point is that if one of these breaks, they can be extremely dangerous.
If plastic breaks, you get a wet carpet and your wife yells at you.
Thanks for the constructive criticism of my post.
I started with glass but only use it about once a year now for apfelwein. I haven't busted one yet but did slice myself up pretty good washing my pint glass. View attachment 396579
disclaimer: i am not trying to start an argument with anyone here.
I'm careless, prone to risky behavior / poor decisions, and occasionally drink while brewing and/or moving carboys.
My Northern Brewer 5 gallon carboy crapped out on me on its 4th or 5th batch. I racked my Irish Red to my bottling bucket and set the glass carboy aside so that I could start bottling. About half an hour later I hear an incredibly loud CRACK noise, but could not figure out what made the noise. After a few minutes of unsuccessfully finding the source of this noise I went back to bottling my brew. As I was finishing up I noticed the small pool of my remaining beer slowly crawling across the kitchen floor from where I had placed the carboy. I can't recall any notable contact or pressure being placed on the carboy at any point.
Thank god the carboy was kind enough to give out after I had racked the beer and before it was time to clean it out. Clearly I didn't learn to respect the glass though as you can tell in this picture that I dumped out the remaining beer and set it outside to take a picture.
I came online to see if anyone else had this issue and landed on this thread.....I have now learned to respect glass and have purchased a corny keg as a replacement for the carboy. No way I mess with glass again.
Many of us know the importance of topping up the carboy to prevent air from ruining some good aging mead. Now, there are several ways to do this, but one of them involves using glass beads to fill in the gap. I used to do this as well, but I have encountered a slight problem.
Do not use glass beads to top up glass carboys.
On two occasions, I have had the bottom of the carboy crack some arbitrary time after adding glass pebbles. The crack was in one case big enough to cause a noticeable amount of brew to leak out.
I suspect variations in temperature is to blame, causing the glass to slighly expand/contract. This in combination with the beads arranging themself in a way that concentrates all the force from the mechanical presure to a few spots in the bottom of the carboy.
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