Pumpkinman
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Be Aware! My good buddy that started 5 Kits came home today to find one shattered on the bottom around the base where it meets the wall of the carboy, and found 6 gallons of Moscato on his wine counter and floor.
Could it be the Home Brew shop or is it the Carboys?
Well...he bought 7 - 6 gallons carboys, 1 for me and 6 for himself, that's a good chunk of change when you add 5 kits, bungs,airlocks, meta, racking cans and so forth!
After starting one kit, he realized that one had a crack half way around the neck...at a glance it appeared to be a casting imperfection until you looked closer....grrrrrr....we racked it out of there and thought all was well, no big deal, return the carboy for another, but it is a pain in the arse as the Homebrew shop that he always goes to is an hour away...
After this spontaneous implosion, we don't want anything to do with these Chinese made carboys and I wanted to put a tentative warning out!
Could it be the Home Brew shop or is it the Carboys?
Well...he bought 7 - 6 gallons carboys, 1 for me and 6 for himself, that's a good chunk of change when you add 5 kits, bungs,airlocks, meta, racking cans and so forth!
After starting one kit, he realized that one had a crack half way around the neck...at a glance it appeared to be a casting imperfection until you looked closer....grrrrrr....we racked it out of there and thought all was well, no big deal, return the carboy for another, but it is a pain in the arse as the Homebrew shop that he always goes to is an hour away...
After this spontaneous implosion, we don't want anything to do with these Chinese made carboys and I wanted to put a tentative warning out!