Beginner; First Time JAO - Valve Jerrycan?

[EgmondsGoud]

Hey there.

I'm planning to brew my very first beginner mead batch, balloon and all, from a 5-liter JAO recipe by using a valve equipped jerrycan:

http://www.jerrycanshop.nl/jerrycan...rycan-5-liter-met-kraantje-voor-water-24.html

It's made of high food-grade HDPE so it's suitable to contain the batch.
Seeing as the JAO recipe doesn't require any racking at all, this looks like the perfect container to make it in since, I imagine, you'd just use the valve to retrieve the mead out of the batch when ready to bottle, without any hassle of siphoning.

A few questions worry me though; is this going to work properly? Is the valve high enough so it doesn't take out all the yeast sediment when extracting the mead? Am I overlooking something crucial? Also, could I just clean this container with a bleach-water mixture?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[JINKS]

Hey there.

I'm planning to brew my very first beginner mead batch, balloon and all, from a 5-liter JAO recipe by using a valve equipped jerrycan:

http://www.jerrycanshop.nl/jerrycan...rycan-5-liter-met-kraantje-voor-water-24.html

It's made of high food-grade HDPE so it's suitable to contain the batch.
Seeing as the JAO recipe doesn't require any racking at all, this looks like the perfect container to make it in since, I imagine, you'd just use the valve to retrieve the mead out of the batch when ready to bottle, without any hassle of siphoning.


A few questions worry me though; is this going to work properly? Is the valve high enough so it doesn't take out all the yeast sediment when extracting the mead? Am I overlooking something crucial? Also, could I just clean this container with a bleach-water mixture?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Tip the can away from the spigot while fermenting and yeast, orange slices, and raisins will settle towards the back. Then gently (Gently) set forward again to bottle. Bread yeast doesn't compact and small movements can cause it to swirl up into the mead.
I'm doing something similar with a gruit ale in a 2.5 gallon lemonaide dispenser from Bed Bath and B
Can see example in picture in the thread.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/gruit-ale-495901/

 

[EgmondsGoud]

Tip the can away from the spigot while fermenting and yeast, orange slices, and raisins will settle towards the back. Then gently (Gently) set forward again to bottle. Bread yeast doesn't compact and small movements can cause it to swirl up into the mead.
I'm doing something similar with a gruit ale in a 2.5 gallon lemonaide dispenser from Bed Bath and B
Can see example in picture in the thread.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/gruit-ale-495901/

Ah I see, simple solution, didn't think of that! But wouldn't it be handier to keep it tilted as before when bottling? I imagine it wouldn't make much of a difference to keep it tilted.

 

[JINKS]

Yea that would probably work, I'm just greedy and want all the good stuff I can get with as little left over as possible.

 

[JINKS]

Ah I see, simple solution, didn't think of that! But wouldn't it be handier to keep it tilted as before when bottling? I imagine it wouldn't make much of a difference to keep it tilted.

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