Fermenting Bottles

[ausfober]

Does anyone have any experience with the plastic fermenting bottles made by "Better Bottle" - any opinions?

[brewmonkey]

Looks like they are a plastic (PET) carboy. I would imagine they would be a pain in the ass to clean even though you could get a carboy brush in there.

Plastic is a bad choice IMHO for primary as there is to many places for an infection to happen and with that spigot on it that just adds to the problems.

While they say they are easy to wash, I would assume that is after they have used it for water or something other then a fermenting beer that will leave a heavy krausen ring.

[Brownbeard]

Not only that, at $35 a bottle, they are damn expensive for plastic.

[ausfober]

Thanks. I sort of felt the same way since I don't like plastic buckets, either.