Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:46 pm
by thatguy314
The makers of better bottle say there's not enough demand demand to produce a 6.5 gallon or larger better bottle at a reasonable price. Personally, I think that's their biggest failing. What do you think?
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Re: Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:49 pm
by mikem108
Bring it on, 6.5 or 7 gallon better bottle would be.... err better
Re: Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:00 pm
by jm
I'm all Better Bottles now but I never understood why it went 3, 5, 6 instead of 3, 5, 7.
Re: Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:36 am
by JerseyBrew
I agree. 6.5 would be most welcome to prevent the blow-off issues I've had.
Re: Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:54 am
by pythoner
The reason the price would be higher because of shipping, the current ones fill palettes nicly but larger ones do not
Re: Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:54 am
by thatguy314
pythoner wrote:The reason the price would be higher because of shipping, the current ones fill palettes nicly but larger ones do not
They say it's not cost effective to produce or ship according to the FAQ. Honestly, if it was $3-5 more for a full-sized carboy I think plenty of people would pay it. You could certainly make a larger carboy with the same sized footprint, or make them enough wider that it still fits nicely into a palette. I don't really see the dilemma if people want the product.
Re: Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:19 pm
by NTabb
I use to use a 6 gallon Better Bottle, but I got way too much blow off and lost a lot of beer. Now I know I could scale down the recipe, but that means less brew to drink.
Re: Want a bigger better bottle?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:08 pm
by Spelt
I use the 6 gallon with some fermcap-s and have minimal if any blow-off losses. I don't see much need for a bigger bottle.