juice bottle - (for yeast starters)

anyone know where to get one of those juice bottles you make yeast starters with? I want one that fits an airlock.

Not sure what you mean by a juice bottle? Pretty much any half gallon to gallon jug is good for making starters. You don't even need an airlock, just keep the cap loosely twisted on.

EvilTOJ said:

Not sure what you mean by a juice bottle? Pretty much any half gallon to gallon jug is good for making starters. You don't even need an airlock, just keep the cap loosely twisted on.

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I am confused also.

That's the same question, just asked a different way. And it's a double post. We don't need to post the same question in multiple forums, a lot of us use the "New Posts" button so we'll see it anyways.

Look for one of these at your local Safeway or natural food store: http://www.knudsenjuices.com/products/category.aspx?groupID=9&categoryID=55
The bottle on the right is a gallon jug of organic, unfiltered apple juice. It takes a universal stopper. It's not cheap (like $10-$12), but get some Red Star Montrachet yeast and some corn sugar, and you've got a gallon of Edwort's apfelwein (with free fermentation vessel!)... of course, it will have lots of pectin haze from being unfiltered, but still delicious. It reminded me of a white wine.

EvilTOJ said:

it's a double post

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+1. Please don't double post.

Can you be more specific as to what you're looking for? Many of us use Erlenmeyer flasks, mason jars, or wine jugs (Carlo Rossi).

Yuri_Rage said:

Can you be more specific as to what you're looking for? Many of us use Erlenmeyer flasks, mason jars, or wine jugs (Carlo Rossi).

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I attempted my first starter last week in a Mason jar. The palmer web site said to cover it loosely with plastic wrap and a rubber band. I wondered why this would be better than loosely capping it. How do you cover your mason jars?

I use aluminum foil to cover my starters.

Any particular reason?

FSBrewer said:

Any particular reason?

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Can be sanatized if needed, doesn't need a rubber band, and is easy to form around the lid.

if I double posted it was a mistake. I don't recall making the post twice. In palmer's book he shows a juice bottle that fits an airlock. I have seen them on a couple bottle selling websites but I don't want to pay 12 dollars shipping for a few bottles. Just wondering if maybe anyone knew where I could get one. I guess I will just buy some juice.

Carlo Rossi wine bottles and #6(?) stoppers work well. They are 1 gallon capacity and can be had for under $10, mediocre wine included.