If you look around, you'll notice (and find many references) to various plastics being used for fermentation, but fermentation gives you alcohol concentrations < 20% alcohol. Alcohol is an efficient solvent and is only, apparently, stored in such containers as ones made from PET, HDPE and/or similar plastics for a short time. Long term seems to be Oak (brandies, whiskies etc) glass (anything) and/or stainless steel (anything).
Hence there are some wines being sold in plastic i.e. "bag in a box" etc, but spirits is usually sold in glass. So if you want to store it, for ageing etc, then it's probably best if you just keep checking ebay etc for used ones close to you and get them that way - you'll pay as little as £1 a piece, whereas wilkos currently have "American style single lug" demi-john type jugs for just over £6 new.
Or if you don't mind going a little further afield, then if you can find a Brupaks stockist close to you, you can get carboys in varying sizes (in plastic carrying baskets) up to 54 litre capacity (don't get the 54 litre ones, as when full of liquid, they weigh in at over 50 kilos and are very heavy/awkward to move and quite easy to break, I find that the largest practical size is either 25 or even 34 litres). You can even get some of them with "wide mouths" so that you can use fruit etc and easily get it in and out of them........
Oh and if you go the ebay route, you'll see that most sellers won't post them, you have to collect, because they're bulky and expensive to post (not forgetting breakable), so you know that you've got one that's Ok. So you just need to keep an eye out for a seller near to you....Statistics: Posted by Phantom — Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:15 pm
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