Near Miss With Dropping Full Glass Carboy.

[Ciderhead]

No it's not I have 8 and the only one I ever broke was with water from a boiling kettle.
I don't let the postman handle mine

[alealex]

I have about 20 DJ and never broke one.
I just think 25l its bit too much for glass its fragile in this size, maybe I'm wrong.
Despite the fact that is fragile I think glass is fantastic material. Perfectly clean, hardly reacting with anything (exc. hydrogen fluoride) and easy to keep clean.
But heavier the load more breakable it is.

[Will_D]

Build it and they will buy it 

[Ciderhead]

This was supposed to be a thread about cleaning carboys which were full of Capital Dubbel Krausen

Day 1

Scoop of w5 and fill with water until just coming out neck



Day 2 rotate rotate 120 degrees, w5 already cleaned 40%




Oops better bring them inside into shed until the snow goes.
Nearly there







Shed roller shutter doors blow in, glass carboys flew and were crushed

Ho Hum sh1t happens, I would have cried if they were full of beer!

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Another reason to use PET - shed door proof 

[Bazza]

Ouch! Tough one, man!

You say you soaked them in W5. You sure it wasn't Cilit- BANG - and the Carboy's gone!

-Barry Scott

[Ciderhead]

I see what you've done there and like it

[alealex]

Thats what I'm talking about: it's only massive glass container and shiiit happens no matter what.
Sorry for your loss John
Stainless steel rules

[imark]

Now if the walls on those carboys were 1" thick surely they'd be the ideal job.
You could pass them down to you grandchildren. Must phone China with this idea.

[Ciderhead]

I feel better already

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jobvVaekOKA

[Quiet_Man]

So, I've been following this thread all week. More interested in how others thought W5 works - as I think it is great - but, also the debate between glass, stainless or plastic. Guess if we all had deep pockets, S/steel would be the way to go, but I have gone for plastic.

I had nothing really to add to the debate. Until today.

Moving a 60L fermenter up on to a bench, prior to bottling - the screw on lid shifted loose. My grip moved and the weight shifted and the whole lot went tumbling! It all went slow-motion as my Jaipur clone went skyward. Then good old gravity got to hold. Nothing to do with calculating ABV, we are talking Newton. The lot came down with a thud, the lid spun off and my garage floor (and everything in the surrounding area) got a nice covering of beer and yeast. I'm still cleaning up, helped with a bottle of We'rd Beard Little Things that Kill.

But - I did manage to recover my composure in time to save ~40L. Not much help to those who have lost glass carboys in the past, but hopefully I still have some IPA to bottle.

So until I inherit some serious coin, I'm sticking to plastic.

[Ciderhead]

Thanks for sharing, glad you saved 40.
60l is 60+Kgs that's a lot if beer to be hoofing around.

[alealex]

Ok fellas.
Dropping 60 litre plastic fermenter is pain in the neck and I'm really sorry for the loss.
Apart from cost of replacing broken carboys $$$ 
Thats what is speaking against the glass carboys as for me anyway:

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/broken-glass-carboy-horror-stories-compendium-376523/

That's why I use plastic and ss for bigger volumes, I hope I'll eventually go all ss and glass.. up to 10 litres in protective basket.

[Ciderhead]

Glass all the way, I can see exactly what's going on and although tricky to manhandle, unlike those guys from Darwin awards if you have handles and grip well you will have no problems.

[Greg2013]

Glass all the way, I can see exactly what's going on and although tricky to manhandle, unlike those guys from Darwin awards if you have handles and grip well you will have no problems.

Unless of course you add boiling water to your glass carboy