So a few weeks ago Smiths had a sale on sobe, i bought about 6 case of regular sobe in the glass bottles.
I was wondering if anyone has tried using them for small test batches at all. Or if anyone sees an inherent problem with using them.
I know i wouldn't get much out of them seeing as they are only 20 oz bottles, so maybe 16 oz or so, maybe a little more.
My primary reason for doing this would be so see how different honeys tastes come out. There are so many varieties out there I really can't justify purchasing enough of each for a 1 gallon batch(2-3 lbs), just to taste.
I ran a search and only one post mentioned the use of a sobe bottle, from 2003, and was more in passing than anything else. They didn't really mention the results they had.
They'd be easy to clean, and the bungs for my 1 gallon just fit them perfectly, same size opening. The main problem i see is if i use bungs and airlocks for all of them. And while they may be a time when i do have a dozen or so of each around as a accumulate more gear, I certainly wouldn't be able to fit them all this way. So i'd probably just use a more "archaic" method like a balloon and "burbing" a couple times a day. Or some other method someone else could "recommend"(hint hint).
Let me know what you think?
I was wondering if anyone has tried using them for small test batches at all. Or if anyone sees an inherent problem with using them.
I know i wouldn't get much out of them seeing as they are only 20 oz bottles, so maybe 16 oz or so, maybe a little more.
My primary reason for doing this would be so see how different honeys tastes come out. There are so many varieties out there I really can't justify purchasing enough of each for a 1 gallon batch(2-3 lbs), just to taste.
I ran a search and only one post mentioned the use of a sobe bottle, from 2003, and was more in passing than anything else. They didn't really mention the results they had.
They'd be easy to clean, and the bungs for my 1 gallon just fit them perfectly, same size opening. The main problem i see is if i use bungs and airlocks for all of them. And while they may be a time when i do have a dozen or so of each around as a accumulate more gear, I certainly wouldn't be able to fit them all this way. So i'd probably just use a more "archaic" method like a balloon and "burbing" a couple times a day. Or some other method someone else could "recommend"(hint hint).
Let me know what you think?
