. The bottom completely let go on my wide mouth fermenter. Thankfully it was full of sanitizer and not beer (5 gallons of sanitizer). I think It must have cracked when I set it down on the basement floor (gingerly). It sounded different and I literally thought to myself "that sounds cheap". The cracks then spidered up the side of the carboy until it eventually burst.The moral of the story - Be careful with these things, the are nowhere near as robust as a normal carboy.
