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Offline tesla_hv

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How many carboys do you own?
« on: November 07, 2009, 08:24:33 am »
I have six.
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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 08:28:19 am »
hmmm

I probably have 5 or 6 but most are gathering dust

Offline tubercle

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2009, 08:33:25 am »

2 five gallon glass

2 six gallon Better Bottles
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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2009, 09:46:58 am »
I have one 6.5 gallon glass carboy, four 5 gallon glass carboys, and a Pyrex 2-1/2 gallon carboy that was given me by a lab.

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2009, 10:31:16 am »
(13) new 6.5 gal Italian glass with threaded tops with the caps. (2) six gallon mexican glass. (1) 5 gal.

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Offline crabber

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2009, 10:46:05 am »
I have six 6.5 gallon and 6 5 gallon.  I don't use the 5 gallon ones anymore for the most part.

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2009, 10:53:46 am »
Hmm...

2 10 gallon corny kegs
4 6/6.5 gallon carboys
4 5 gallon carboys (only used for long, long aged projects - e.g. sours/meads)
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Offline alewife

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2009, 10:56:48 am »
I have 8 carboys-- all 3 gallon Better Bottles.  I brew half recipes, can't lift a full glass 5 gallon carboy, and I like a variety of beer around.

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Offline pdbreen

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2009, 11:34:50 am »
4 - 6gal Better Bottles (so far, really liking these)
2 - 6gal glass
4 - 5gal glass

By the end of the day, I hope to have something fermenting in all but 1 of them.
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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2009, 11:36:50 am »
2 - 6 gal
3 - 5 gal
1 - 3 gal
1 - 6 gal Better Bottle
1 - 3 gal Better Bottle
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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2009, 12:08:10 pm »
3 6.5 gallon ones for primary fermentation when the conical is tied up.
3 6 gallon ones for dry hopping with irrational exuberance.
8 5 gallon carboys for 'normal' dry hopping, aging, ciders and meads.
2 2.5 gallon ones for cider and mead.

I know people with more than that. 
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Offline dimik

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2009, 12:29:36 pm »
I only got one 5-gallon and one 6-gallon  :o
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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2009, 12:35:10 pm »
1 six gallon, 2 five gallon and 2 three gallon. And a bunch of buckets, too.
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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2009, 12:37:56 pm »
I only got one 5-gallon and one 6-gallon  :o

It'll probably get worse.
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Offline barliman

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Re: How many carboys do you own?
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2009, 12:51:34 pm »
Just two.  But that's enough for me.
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