5 gallon carboy fill line.....

[Kmcogar]

Question. What is the 5 gallon fill mark in a 5 gallon carboy? Is it all the way to the top? Or is it below?

 

[stpug]

I _believe_ it's at the upper edge of the curve when it transitions from vertical to diagonal. Therefore, the entire upper triangle would be considered extra room. I may be a little off on this but it's certainly not to the top of the carboy.

 

[Robin0782]

Fill a milk jug 5 times and pour it in to the carboy, then you'll know for sure.

 

[val214]

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[Kmcogar]

Fill a milk jug 5 times and pour it in to the carboy, then you'll know for sure.

I can't fill it up. It's filled with mead. Almost to the top

 

[J_Evs]

I'm pretty sure 5 gallons goes all the way up to the rim

 

[nbrack]

I just measured mine and it is about 3/4" below the spot where it starts to curve inwards and narrow. Not sure if all carboys are the same or not though.

 

[Kmcogar]

This is why I ask. Here's my mead I just transferred from my primary to my secondary. I think my primary was 7 gallons and I know my secondary is 5 gallons. So is this exactly 5 gallons? I dunno. I guess I'll find out when I bottle. 25-26 bottle of mead.....mmmm

 

[J_Evs]

I'd say that's real close to exactly 5 gallons

 

[BigRob]

Different Carboys have different 5 gallon marks, you really do need to measure it with a scale to get an accurate fill line.

 

[dzlater]

I have a carboy that looks similar to yours. Just the other day I measured it so I would know where the 5 gallon mark was. It came out to be right around the highest band right around where it starts to taper.
I would guess you have a bit more then 5 gallons.

 

[AnOldUR]