Which do you prefer and why?

SSBrew - 728
Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Sherpa FE

Sherpa FE

The < 1% Club
HBT Supporter
Joined
Oct 20, 2007
Messages
818
Reaction score
20
Location
Blairsville
When I get back to the states, I plan on buying "better bottles" to ferment in.
My question is, which product do you think is better to use to plug the top, and why?

The standard cork
The carboy cap
A carboy bung
or another method?

Thanks
Josh
 
For primary fermentation I just wrap tin foil over the top so that there's no pressure on the yeast. When fermentation stops I use a rubber stopper with an airlock.
 
11369-blue-moon-clone-fermenting.gif


The cap on here. Why?

It fits a 5 gallon glass carboy, a 6 gallon Better Bottle and a 5 gallon Better Bottle, all of which I use.
 
Carboy Caps for me. They go on direct from the starsan bucket, snap on and stay tight. Stoppers will not do it.

15GallonsApfelwein.jpg
 
Caps for me, they fit all my carboys, are really easy to use, won't fall into my carboy if I push too hard, make it a lot easier to start a siphon, and nice'n easy to put on a blow-off tube. Worth the extra expense, IMHO.
 
I'll use the caps when I can, but my caps won't fit the 6.5 gallon glass carboys. Not even the smaller ones. So for those I use the universal stoppers, because they work even when wet.
 
I have mostly drilled stoppers, one universal stopper and one cap. I typically use the universal first except in my conical, then I use a drilled. I don't use the cap at all. The universal works nice because they don't come out when the're wet like the drilled ones do.
 
Yuri_Rage said:
I usually just use a drilled stopper with an airlock. Works just fine for me!
Click to expand...

Yep that covers it but I always use 7 gallon containers as a primary for my 5 gallon batches.
 

Similar threads

K
Newbie on second brew with a few dumb questions!
Replies
16
Views
1K
SoCalPlumber
SoCalPlumber
Beginnier927
I have an idea for controlling the temp, do you think it will work?
Replies
8
Views
841
hotbeer
hotbeer
Pyg
Sulfur smell (how to get rid of)
Replies
3
Views
433
doublejef
doublejef
Luxy
Fermentation...
Replies
6
Views
418
Rish
R
B
For Sale KegLand Kegmenter 7.6 gallons $100
Replies
1
Views
491
ICECREAMUCECREAM
I
InkBird 300

Latest posts

Back
Top