Note to self - 35 year old plastic - not so good.

[phat]

So, Racked my first batch of experimental blueberry into my experimental 1 litre jug today - I actually got these from my parents - clean, used a billion years ago and came with screw top airlocks.. No problem. sanitized the "carboy" - racked my gallon of wine into it and pressed out the fruit.. then went to fit the sanitized screwtop airlock... snap... the screwtop lid plastic had pretty much completely deteriorated... There were 4 in the box, and checking them they were all bad.. any pressure would break them to bits..



Fortunately a 6 1/2 bung fits in there just fine..

 

[Runningwolf]

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Fortunately a 6 1/2 bung fits in there just fine..

Fortunately the plastic container didn't crack with wine in it!

 

[Wade E]

The problem with plastic is it scratches and bacteria can live in those scratches and its nearly impossible to get in there with Sanitizer.

 

[phat]

The problem with plastic is it scratches and bacteria can live in those scratches and its nearly impossible to get in there with Sanitizer.

Well in this case it was just the plastic screw top. The jugs are glass.

I did have a plastic carboy once. Got rid of that and would never get another