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A co-worker let me know she had some old wine making stuff at her house that was for the previous owner and if I wanted it I could have it. She called me this morning to come pick it up. I got 4 cases of bordeaux bottles (1 was unopened) a 3 gallon carboy, a 6 gallon carboy, and miscellaneous airlocks and drilled bungs. Anyways a long story short the 6 gallon carboy was so despondent (from being pent up in a hot Louisiana attic) when it made it to its new home that it jumped from the crew cab of my truck and threw itself upon the concrete below.
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Crash and a million pieces........ Oh well at least the 3 gallon made it out alive and seems happy to be loved once again. I'll have to give it a good cleaning and sanitizing and rebaptize it soon.
 
I'm wearing black.... In my mourning I went to the LHBS and bought myself an American Blonde Ale extract kit and a 5 gallon Corny Keg to start my fall into home brewing as deeply and as bad as wine making. After I get a couple more of them I will probably piece together a small kegerator in order to ease my suffering of this horrible loss of carboy life
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Be CAREFUL!

You can wind up like ME!

I started with ONE corny now have 21 -5 gallon and 3 - 2.5 gallons. 2 fridges in the garage ( for when I'm partying there)ONE side by side (small one)in my front room with 2 taps thru the door
 
Sorry to hear that. I had basically the same thing happen but a little worse as the guy at the recycling center saved me 3 6 gallon carboys. I brought them home into my driveway and removed one from my trunk and my 4 year old son was right there. As I grabbed for another my son decided to try and move the one on the ground and moved it right where I was putting the other 1 so when i spun around to put the second 1 down I smacked the bottom of that 1 onto the top of the 1 my son just moved and they both broke!!!!!!!! Luckily I still got 1 out of the deal but I was pretty pissed at my son as I told him to stay away but he tried to help anyway.
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1 out of 3 aint bad but aint great anyway.
 
Wade,
It was still FREE right? Less all those doctor bills.......
 
Ode to a Carboy


Oh Carboy..of beautiful glass
A respite for my wine to last
I will love and care for you
As any fortunate wine maker would do
No..Not to be!!
Oh fate alas
I have dropped you on
your fragile ass !!!
 
Waldo said:
Ode to a Carboy


Oh Carboy..of beautiful glass
A respite for my wine to last
I will love and care for you
As any fortunate wine maker would do
No..Not to be!!
Oh fate alas
I have dropped you on
your fragile ass !!!

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