Racking to growlers?

[crashlann]

Do you think it would work to rack to growlers with very tight sealing caps? When I get growler fills, the carbonation generally lasts until I reopen it, so if I racked directly to growlers from bottling bucket, would this work?

[BDawg]

I have growlers that slowly leak.
I don't think they would withstand the pressure of carbonating (as opposed to holding a pre-carbonated beer for a short time).

Yours may be a bit better, but I would try it with a very limited number first before putting a full batch in them.

[brewinhard]

I agree with Bdawg. I don't think the typical growler will fair well when trying to carbonate in them. The seals in the caps just aren't that airtight and are not meant for that purpose. A better bet would be to purchase some swing top quart size bottles and package in those.

[ScottyB-Brewing]

I often use flip top growlers to fill straight from the bottling bucket, leave a lot of head space and they'll carbonate fine but they will quickly lose carbonation shortly after you open them.

Do not use screw on top growlers, I had a gallon of Dry Stout explode on me on Christmas day 2012. Lost a gallon growler and a gallon of Dry Stout that day. Murray Christmas to me

Flip top growlers have much thicker glass than other growlers too.

[spiderwrangler]

Carbonating in growlers also gives you a large volume sloshing up settled yeast over multiple pours.

[GuitarPicker2002]

There are metal growler caps available if you look around a bit, for me they seal much better than the plastic ones. As for the carbonating in the growlers, if you do decide to do it put them in a trash bag or something in case they do explode.

[crashlann]

Thanks all...