Greetings:
I'm thinking about getting back into homebrewing after a several year hiatus.
My former setup consisted of a 5 gallon carboy, using a big hose in a blowoff system, then using a fermentation lock after the initial fermentation died down.
I see that there are both 6.0 and 6.5 gallon fermenters available, although the 6.5 ones seem to be somewhat less available. I'd like to be able to make a batch without having to deal with a blowoff hose.
My question is this: is a 6.0 gallon carboy big enough to handle the krausen and crud forming from a 5 gallon batch, or is the 6.5 gallon preferable. Restating that slightly differently, is that extra half gallon of volume worth the added expense/weight/different fittings of the 6.5 gallon carboy.
Any of you brewers with a 6.0 gallon carboy later wish that you had gotten the 6.5 instead?
FWIW, I'm planning to stick with glass.
TIA for any advice and guidance.
I'm thinking about getting back into homebrewing after a several year hiatus.
My former setup consisted of a 5 gallon carboy, using a big hose in a blowoff system, then using a fermentation lock after the initial fermentation died down.
I see that there are both 6.0 and 6.5 gallon fermenters available, although the 6.5 ones seem to be somewhat less available. I'd like to be able to make a batch without having to deal with a blowoff hose.
My question is this: is a 6.0 gallon carboy big enough to handle the krausen and crud forming from a 5 gallon batch, or is the 6.5 gallon preferable. Restating that slightly differently, is that extra half gallon of volume worth the added expense/weight/different fittings of the 6.5 gallon carboy.
Any of you brewers with a 6.0 gallon carboy later wish that you had gotten the 6.5 instead?
FWIW, I'm planning to stick with glass.
TIA for any advice and guidance.