5 Gallon water bottles

[Z]

Are 5 gallon Bolad spring water jugs safe for fermenting?

[KatoFong]

I use a five-gallon Hinkley Springs water bottle for my large fermentor. I haven't had any problems with it. Mostly the alcohol levels are so low during fermentation, they should be safe with plastic.

[Brett]

i could be wrong in this but i think there marked as PET and a lot of the home brew shops sell a 1 gallon PET plastic starter kit so u should be ok, personaly i wont re-use a plastic fermenter to many times tho (could just be me being over cautious)

[Z]

Thanks, it doesnt say PET anywhere, just a trangle with arrows and a 7 in the middle that says "other" underneth. I think it should be find just wanted to ask the experts. thanks again

[jbrew9999]

Thanks, it doesnt say PET anywhere, just a trangle with arrows and a 7 in the middle that says "other" underneth. I think it should be find just wanted to ask the experts. thanks again

PET is plastic #1.

If yours is #7, it isn't the same.

[Uncle Remus]

All my primary fermenters are plastic. A couple are big grey garbage cans. I've never had any problems with fermentation. I usually transfer the wort after most of the fermentation is overwith into carboys to finish and clear up before distilling. You just have to be anal about cleaning and sterilizing them well before use.

[pothead]

I use regular 5 & 7 gallon buckets, 15 gallon blue plastic water barrels.

[KatoFong]

Oh...to have enough space that I could ferment wine in a plastic garbage can. How many gallons does that hold?

[TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY]

you can get 55 gallon drums in plastic. I think 33 gal is the biggest garbage can.