Growlers - best places to buy them

[jaypes]

Looking for a good quality growler, have a preference for glass rather than some aluminium ones I have seen.

BeerCartel have them for $55 but I am looking for a growler, not a second mortgage.

Finance minister has approved the budget in the range of $0-$35

 

[doon]

www.brewnutbrewing.com/bar/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1

 

[jaypes]

ahhh good man!

 

[djar007]

second that on the beernut ones. Very good quality and they look awesome

 

[Matt Browne]

Sydney Wine Merchants in Terry Hills have a new growler fill bar. Growlers cost $12 although I have no idea of the quality

 

[Yob]

Those brewnut ones are Da Bomb!! I need a few more of them myself, hope he stills stocks

 

[Josho]

Hi Fellas,

Only jumping in here cause its a swingtop type bottle,

Last night grabbed some Grolsh swingtops the 450ml green ones,

1st Q are these going to be any good fro bottling?
2nd Q if so whats the prime amount for 450 ml i was thinking about 6g of sugar? or 1 and a 1/2 drops?

Thanks for your help !@!

 

[jaypes]

yep grolsch bottles are great for bottling, you can replace the seals and cages if they become worn

I would bulk prime, then you can have any size or shaped bottle with the correct dose of sugar

thats probably the easiest way

 

[Josho]

Prime Bulk,

as in like a syryp so it dissolves into the beer? I will have to work out the amount per litre,

last thing I want to do is blow up my bottles

 

[jaypes]

yes as in a syrup

mix your dextrose (or sugar of choice) into about 500mls of water - boil for 15 mins then put into a bottling bucket or another fermenter and rack the beer on top of it - leave for 30 mins, give a gentle stir and then bottle

do a google search for carbonation calcs or you can use the site one here - http://webspace.webring.com/people/ms/sirleslie/AlcoholChart/PrimingCalculator.html

I just use a rule of thumb, pretty much 160gms of dex per 21-23 litres of beer, never had a problem

Good thing about swingtop bottles is that if you did overcarbonate you can easily release some excess gas and re-seal

 

[sp0rk]

Hi Fellas,

Only jumping in here cause its a swingtop type bottle,

Last night grabbed some Grolsh swingtops the 450ml green ones,

1st Q are these going to be any good fro bottling?
2nd Q if so whats the prime amount for 450 ml i was thinking about 6g of sugar? or 1 and a 1/2 drops?

Thanks for your help !@!

I use a single carb drop and to me that's the perfect amount

 

[Josho]

sp0rk.

Yeah i was wondering if just one would do as the carbo drops tend to allow for a little variance in bottle sizes,

that way its also a bit safer being in glass,

Thanks for your help dudes, i will be swingin by the tip ave a good look laters on they are just too good to pass up,

 

[tiprya]

Better still, I make up the sugar syrup solution and then dose each bottle with 10ml from a syringe.

Saves racking at all.

 

[Josho]

you know what i love about brewing is that all of you guys with all of your years of experience all do things a little differently and that all the methods would work perfectly,

The syringe will be what i turn to after i exhaust my brew drops I would say, only would have to sterilise the syring each time,

 

[phoenixdigital]

Old topic but worth dredging up since it appears brewnut no longer sell growlers.

Where to get these in bulk now?

I'm looking for at least 10.

 

[jimmy86]

I was given a keg king stainless steel one not long ago, it's 2 liters with a swing top. I'm not sure on the price tho as it was a gift.

 

[davedoran]

Keg King growlers are about $30 each. Look nice and shiney though.

 

[Camo6]

Spork found this Growler bulk buy on Massdrop a little while back. I got one delivered for about $35. Not the cheapest option but delivery dropped the more you bought. Not sure whether you could get another buy started or maybe source elsewhere. Lifeline was the brand I think.

 

[sp0rk]

There's been 20 people request the buy since the last one closed
I think if you get about 50 or so, they'll usually open up a new one

 

[DU99]

Didn't murphys sell growlers..see squires now have them