Bag in box?

[ChrisG]

Hello,

I'm getting fed up having to bottle and was thinking of trying Bag in Box for my wines.

Store in demijohns for a while then transfer to the bags for drinking over a few months.

Any one else use these?
:hmm:

 

[bigred]

I'm seriously considering standardising on 2 litre plastic pop bottles for my bottling. 2 litres only lasts 3-4 days anyway in my house and they are easy to store plus the cap seems good. I've even bought some Dandilion and burdock for the kids because it comes in dark plastic bottles. :lol:

Anyone else doing this or am I the only heathen on the forum. Would these be ok for long term storage?

 

[heftyporker]

Hi
Just saw your post as I'm looking at bottling too.
I thought about plastic bottles. Trouble is after a while they start to quietly perish! - They "leach" ( I think that is the word) chemicals into whatever the liquid is inside. They say you shouldn't really re-use plastic bottles. It may make your beer taste a little odd after a while too....
I'm looking at the bigger glass water bottles - the posher ones like Schlur etc - still cheaper overall I think to normal beer bottles - who said beer has to be in small bottles!? They don't last long enough! Im also thinking wine bottles but don't know if cork would affect the beer in any way - though can always use screw tops.

 

[Chealehay]

Lately I have been using the 5gal Beaverdale kit boxes, cutting a hole in the bottom for the bag neck to go through. I replace the origional yellow cap until I am ready to drink it then swap for a tap as I only have a few of these from bought wine boxes. The Beaverdale boxes hold about 7.5 litres so I only need 3 for a 5 gal batch. They work great, especially when there a few of us drinking, so don't wake up to a room full of bottles.
I don't store in these for long though, just put some of the cheaper kits in that are ready to drink fast, or wow.

 

[SamWise72]

The thing about bottles leaching chemicals is a myth; check www.snopes.com

 

[Cussword]

Hello,

I'm getting fed up having to bottle and was thinking of trying Bag in Box for my wines.

Store in demijohns for a while then transfer to the bags for drinking over a few months.

Any one else use these?
:hmm:

They work fine, took a couple on holiday, no probs :thumb:

 

[luckyeddie]

They're fine.

I bought 24 Youngs I litre PET bottles for about £12 recently for 'going away on holiday' beer, and they hold pressure very well during conditioning. They are pressure-rated way beyond that of glass beer or even champagne bottles, and of course you can get an idea of how conditioning is progressing by the 'give' when you squeeze them and even crack the tops to vent them if you think the pressure is getting excessive. They are designed specifically to be used over and over again.

I am also in the process of building up a stock of 5 litre water containers. These make brilliant demijohns if you drill through the caps to accommodate an airlock and are of the ideal size for lagering if you don't (I can only get 1 23l FV in my fridge but I will be able to get 8 or 10 water containers in). The 2-litre pop bottles look very attractive too - especially when 4 bottles of 'poor people's lemonade' can cost less than a quid. Down the sink with the rubbish lemonade, keep the bottles. Job done.

The plastic bottles for pop, water etc are made of precisely the same material as the Young's plastic beer bottles - Polyethylene Terephthalate.

Ignore storiess about chemical extractives nowadays - if they had their origin in truth (which I have no doubt they did), it was many, many years ago. If there was ANY chance of noxious substances contaminating your brews from food-grade containers in 2011 , our health-and-safety-conscious bureaucracy would have them banned before you could say 'paranoia'.

 

[Endadmcc]

I use the bags but dont bother with the box the bag sits nicely on the top shelf of my beer fridge. :)

 

[Thornyhill]

Anyone else doing this or am I the only heathen on the forum. Would these be ok for long term storage?

<puts up his heathen hand>

Dunno about long term though. The contents seem to 'leak out' very quickly, but fortunately into a glass :drink:

 

[Ken L]

I wouldn't buy PET bottles at 50p a pop wwhen you can get cheap supermarket bottled water at 15p for 2L - PET bottle included.
Great for transportation and they were ideal for my sister to take to uni 'cause they're tough, light and you can squeeze the air out before you put the cap on to prevent oxidation - not that they ever lasted that long.

I am a heathen though and I just use beer bottles with crown caps for my juice wines.