Re: Re: Glass Brewing Containers

[Guest guest]

I found this online at Bed, Bath and Beyond.. If you will pardon me the pun..

BEYOND ideal for continuous brewing  (CB)  

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=18415305

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To: original_kombucha

Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:03 PM

Subject: Re: Glass Brewing Containers

 

I just want to second Bev's suggestions. The 2-gallon Anchor Hocking cookie jar

is perfect for kombucha batches, I use a couple of those much more often than I

use jars with spigots. And definitely anytime you can reuse glass vessels, it's

better for our planet and its inabitants! :-)

Vicki in Orlando

>

> Hi EveryOne,

>

> While the glass brewing containers from some online sites are very

> nice, they are not necessary. You can buy a two gallon " cookie jar "

> from Anchor Hocking for about $25 and you can also look for one

> gallon jars with pickles or similar items in your supermarket or

> check with local restaurants for used glass containers. They also

> have empty Champagne bottles for storing your finished KT

> especially this time of year.

>

> In whatever way you choose to ferment it, may your Kombucha bring

> you the best of health and well being!

>

> Happy Healthy New Year!

>

> Peace, Love and Harmony,

> Bev

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the tip, this does look very nice. Quite reasonably priced too! I was

looking for round, but i don't suppose the scoby will mind square The texture

effect on the side is cool. It's really not easy finding good CB vessels, we

searched for a while and were finding too small, or expensive, high shipping

costs, etc. I'm thinking of ditching the stand and just sliding it to the edge

of the counter to tap off KT. Now i have a challenge for you if you're up to it:

the only thing needed now is a " beyond ideal " heater I may go up to town

today and visit bbb and get a CB setup started finally! Thx again. - Woody

[Guest guest]

That's a really good price, what store did you find it at?

Subject: Re: Glass Brewing Containers

To: original_kombucha

Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 4:16 AM

[Guest guest]

I finally bought a CB vessel for $20 at Bed Bath and Beyond. It looks just about

exactly like the one from amazon below except it comes with a metal stand. It

had a chromed look spigot, but i replaced it with a much nicer spigot from a

link posted on this list previously. It's 2-1/2 gallons, i was really looking

for 3 but settled for this. Started brewing over the weekend. I'm excited to now

be doing CB, can hardly wait till it's ready to tap. Woo hoo!!!  - Woody 

Subject: Re: Glass Brewing Containers

To: original_kombucha

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 9:33 AM

 

The Del Sol and Splash brand dispensers have chrome-look spigots but they

are plastic. No worries here!

> >

> > I really appreciate all the great info on brewing containers. I found the

following:

> >

> > This one is 2.6 gallons, $27.99 + $7.48 shipping. Less expensive than going

to distributors site and purchasing directly from them, though they have lots of

choices.

> > http://www.amazon.com/Home-Essentials-SPLASH-HAMMERED-ROUND/dp/B005HDOATC

> >

> > Home Essentials direct site:

> > http://www.classichostess.com/beveragedispensers.aspx

> >

> > And Walmart (I don't typically like to purchase from them, however...) has a

1.5 gallon container for just under $19.

> >

> > I'm going with the 1.5 gallon one since I can return it if I have any issues

with it, and I like the idea of perhaps having 2 of them with different teas

brewing in each.

> >

> > This will be my first adventure into continuous brewing! Wish me luck.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure if this item is online or not, they had a 4 gallon one online i was

drooling over but they didn't have it in their stores locally (Kansas City

area). Online and local selection may be different. The thing i like about

getting these things locally is shipping can be a lot, especially for larger

ones (and i'm cheap . 

- Woody

[Guest guest]

Could you share more about the spigot you switched to?

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>

>

> I'm not sure if this item is online or not, they had a 4 gallon one online

> i was drooling over but they didn't have it in their stores locally (Kansas

> City area). Online and local selection may be different. The thing i like

> about getting these things locally is shipping can be a lot, especially for

> larger ones (and i'm cheap .

>

> - Woody

>

>

--

~Becki

Always try to be the best, but don't ever think you are the best.

[Guest guest]

Sure, it was posted by Lyn to this list on Dec 10 2011. These are great, i think

they'll last forever and never give a problem. There's nothing to get plugged

up, it's straight through like a smooth pipe till the end where the stopper is

on the outside on the bottom. And no metal that would ever touch the tea (there

is a spring inside but not in the path of the liquid). This place was nice to

order from, i just got a couple of spigots and the shipping was very reasonable

and quick. Here's the reference from the post:

I was being thick. I had wanted to attach a picture of the spigot and since that

didn't work, my brain stopped thinking. But now I remembered to five the link,

so here it is.

http://www.axner.com/search.aspx?find=plastic+spigot

[Guest guest]

thank you to both you and Lyn!

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>

>

> Sure, it was posted by Lyn to this list on Dec 10 2011. These are great, i

> think they'll last forever and never give a problem. There's nothing to get

> plugged up, it's straight through like a smooth pipe till the end where the

> stopper is on the outside on the bottom. And no metal that would ever touch

> the tea (there is a spring inside but not in the path of the liquid). This

> place was nice to order from, i just got a couple of spigots and the

> shipping was very reasonable and quick. Here's the reference from the post:

>

> I was being thick. I had wanted to attach a picture of the spigot and

> since that didn't work, my brain stopped thinking. But now I remembered to

> five the link, so here it is.

>

> http://www.axner.com/search.aspx?find=plastic+spigot

>

>

--

~Becki

Always try to be the best, but don't ever think you are the best.

[Guest guest]

You're welcome. Just make sure you get it reeeeeel tight. I played with my brew

over and over trying to get it so that it would not seep tea and I finally got

it tight when I finally put it on the floor and then I had the right angle to

get it tight, because it has not leaked since then.

Lyn

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thank you to both you and Lyn!

[Guest guest]

I was wondering if i could ask a small favor, could you measure the height and

diameter of the vessel? I couldn't find measurements on the web page. I

initially wanted this vessel but like the 2.5 gallon one i'm using. It's small

enough to easily fit under the cabinet where i'm brewing batches of kombucha.

I'm thinking of getting another one or two of those so i can do more

experimentation. If the 4.7 gallon one fits i'll probably get one of those for

my main CB vessel. - Woody

Subject: Re: Glass Brewing Containers

To: original_kombucha

Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 3:33 PM

I just bought this 4.7 gallon glass dispenser from Bed, Bath & Beyond for

$49.99, free shipping. I live an hour away from the store, so I just called,

they ordered it for me online, and waived the shipping...