Better Bottle

[boozy_shoes]

Doe anybody on here have any experience of using a better bottle carboy for maturing a beer in for a long time (6 months-ish)

I've just acquired one and cleaned it up and i want to do a recipe for a whisky oak aged stout ready for christmas that needs around 6 months to sit on the white oak that i've already had soaking in a cheap bottle of scotch for 6 months. I've looked on their website and it says about no flavours or aromas from it and all the other high grade food plastic stuff......but i still don't know whther to trust it for that long, especially with it beign a bit of a high effort almost "tantric" beer.

 

[phettebs]

I have two of them but I only use them for short term aging (several months.) Anything longer and I use glass carboys.

 

[fermentall]

Hi Boozy, I have two of them which i use for wine making & i have left wines maturing in them for over 12 months on occassion with no adverse effects & very good wine being produced as a result. In my opinion i would say they are good to use : Ken.

 

[Farmbrew]

Should be okay as they are made out of high density plastic that isn't permeable to air. I've stored cider (low Ph) for 6months with no adverse affect.

Make sure you purge them with CO2 - if possible especially for long term storage of beer. The less air you put in in the first place the better.

F

 

[boozy_shoes]

Cheers for that guys I think i'll go for it. Farmbrew, how would i go about purging with CO2?

 

[Farmbrew]

You can use a hambleton bard co2 bottle with a hard tube connected to it inside the rim of the gas fitting...when you push the tube to the bottom of the bottle (used the hambleton bard bottle) the pin is pushed in a most of the gas goes to the bottom of the Keg/bottle.

I think, but not sure, that you can use mini-(king)-keg or sodastream gas minibottles too...worth checking on the equipment forum...the "shineys" boys/girls will have a better Idea/plan.

F