so, I'm making a 3 gallon ice wine kit, OG 1.120, instructions say to use a 7-12 gallon primary bucket, and only a 3 gallon carboy secondary. it's a 4 week kit (2 weeks primary, 2 weeks secondary). I typically leave my wines a few weeks longer than the instructions.
The catch is, my beer making carboys are all 5 gallon.
What will be the effect of using a 5 gallon bucket primary (I suspect none), and a 5 gallon carboy secondary (too much headspace)? Is it really worth spending another $30 on a small carboy I'll likely just use once?
note - it's a $60 kit that was on clearout for $20 - the smaller carboy's worth more than the kit.
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