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To make it sweeter, use LESS sugar and Cote des Blancs wine yeast.

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How does it work? We give you a list and you tell us when it'll be in, or are you keeping this in stock?

Either of those would be great for gravity pour cask ale, but in all honesty I wouldn't use either for no-chill. Too many openings- openings are kinda wimpy- too many chances for failure... just my opinion. I use containers with just one opening with a robust cap.

The sweet potatoes were pureed and canned. I put them into a casserole dish and baked it... I don't remember how long. I then put it all, scrapping the burnt crunchies, into the mash.

"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' a'we gonna do what they say can't be done We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there I'm east bound just watch ol'Bandit run." Wait, you're going West....

A couple years back when I started no-chill I bought one of each of those. Since then I've bought 9 more of the square carboys and zero of the other ones. IMO, the square one is much better. It's heavier, the opening is in the corner thus allowing you to pour out all the contents. The first one...

I've used three types of 2.5 containers from US Plastics. IMO, the Square Carboy is best. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=25627&catid=816&clickid=searchresults It costs a bit more than the others, but it's the most durable and the position of the cap makes draining it easy.

For a 5 gallon batch, use a 6 gallon Winpak if you plan to ferment in the Winpak. Otherwise use the 5 gallon. Note; the rectangular ones with the secondary small hole aren't good for no-chill. When the wort cools the pressure will suck in the little paper gasket in the little cap.

Fill it with very warm water minus the cap, let it sit and it will snap back into shape. An alternative, if it's still sunny at your location, fill it with water, omit the cap and let it sit in the sun.

Thanks for the heads up.

16" high, 11 1/4" deep, 9 1/2' wide

If you have a couple blow offs, you may want to plug those puppies up. Weizen yeast can be explosive, especially at the higher temps. The recipe looks good, BTW.

http://www.kegglebrewing.com/ I've bought from them a few times. Always a pleasant experience.

The buckets will work for no-chill, but a glass carboy will shatter and a Better Bottle will melt. I have back problems, so I use two- 2 1/2" gallon cubes. It makes it much easier to handle. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=25627&catid=816