I also do this - I commonly get up to 6 gallons at a time at Costco since we got our deep freeze. Similar to what a few other people have suggested, I would just pour off a little bit from each gallon into a pitcher that you'll keep in the fridge for immediate use, and then freeze the original, less full milk jugs. This is what I used to do when I first started since I just assumed they would expand too much otherwise. After a while I started to wonder if that was really necessary or worth the effort - if they would really burst? So I started just freezing them as-is, and lo and behold, after relaxing my procedure and doing this for about 4 years now, I've only had about 2 or 3 ever crack/burst. (It just meant I had to wash the outside of the jug as soon as I noticed it was leaking in the sink, then sit it in a mixing bowl in the sink while it finished thawing and leaking, then transfer everything to a plastic jug.)
So for me, I save the trouble and just stick them in the freezer like you're currently doing. I'm not sure why yours are apparently cracking open a lot more frequently, but the pour-some-off-the-top-then-freeze method worked just fine for me. :)
So for me, I save the trouble and just stick them in the freezer like you're currently doing. I'm not sure why yours are apparently cracking open a lot more frequently, but the pour-some-off-the-top-then-freeze method worked just fine for me. :)
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