Glass V plastic fermenter

[Kevin O'Roundwood]

It's supposed to be actually dangerous if you put hot liquid into them... They're not inert like glass or SS so there can be some sort of nasty reaction. So I hear anyway...

[Beerbuddha]

I had noticed the rubber bung that comes with the fermenter stinks of rubber...obviously but worse than any other rubber bung I have used in past. Maybe this caused an issue ...

[Qs]

It's supposed to be actually dangerous if you put hot liquid into them... They're not inert like glass or SS so there can be some sort of nasty reaction. So I hear anyway...

Ah well I've drank a fair few pints of it already so it can't too harmful.


The rubber bungs do smell a lot but I've never had it affect my beer before. Obviously the stupid high temps here did the damage. Or it could have been the water that leaked in from the IC bursting. The whole event was a bit of a disaster. Still there is beer and while its not my best effort its still drinkable. And theres always next time.

[Kevin O'Roundwood]

Ah well I've drank a fair few pints of it already so it can't too harmful.

Good stuff
(just check your armpits for any extra eyeballs later... and more importantly - let me know if there are!)

[banjobrew]

I'm assuming these PET carboys are grand to do a fermentation longer than 2 weeks? I've read they're oxegen permeable so the beer can go stale? I have one brand new that I never bothered with because they're more hassle than the bucket and tap. Haven't even had to touch my siphon either because no point in transferring to the PET carboy as a secondary when I get great clarity when bottle conditioning. Apart from seeing what's going on I can't find any reason not to use the bucket.

I'd gladly have someone tell me otherwise but until then it's bucket for primary, tap with hose to bottling bucket for priming and then tap with little bottler for bottling.

[Beerbuddha]

The buckets do not seal properly no matter what you do with them. Apart from applying silicon I guess