myfavholliday
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I'm looking for some input on a couple of things. My friend and I did a hard cider experiment a few weeks ago with about 5 half gallons of cider which we cold crashed in the fridge and then backsweeted each of them differently to see what types of flavors were produced. Now that we picked a favorite from the experiment, we want to do a 5 gallon batch of "the chosen one". The dilemma:
The 1/2 gallon batches were fermented in the plastic cider jugs we bought the cider in from Trader Joes. This seemed to work fine. We are considering doing our 5 gallon batch in 5 - 1 gallon plastic water jugs for ease of cold crashing in the fridge. Is this a bad habit to get into? We are worried that the containers might be porous or negatively affect the cider if we make a habit out of using them.
Other option: We have a 5 gallon glass carboy we could use for fermentation; however, neither of us have an extra fridge to cold crash it in (and clearly a 5 gallon carboy will not fit in our regular refrigerators which are full of our food). Not quite as practical.
Unfortunately there are cold crashing space constraints. Any advice/wisdom anyone can offer? We would like to start it ASAP.
The 1/2 gallon batches were fermented in the plastic cider jugs we bought the cider in from Trader Joes. This seemed to work fine. We are considering doing our 5 gallon batch in 5 - 1 gallon plastic water jugs for ease of cold crashing in the fridge. Is this a bad habit to get into? We are worried that the containers might be porous or negatively affect the cider if we make a habit out of using them.
Other option: We have a 5 gallon glass carboy we could use for fermentation; however, neither of us have an extra fridge to cold crash it in (and clearly a 5 gallon carboy will not fit in our regular refrigerators which are full of our food). Not quite as practical.
Unfortunately there are cold crashing space constraints. Any advice/wisdom anyone can offer? We would like to start it ASAP.