Can i use a carlos rossie wine jug?

[klowneyy]

I am planning on making some hard cider tomorrow. All I have at the moment is a Carlos rossie wine jug. I'm currently using my other carboys for other ciders and really want to try and make a apple cinnamon pear. I would like to test it out first in a 1 gallon batch. Could I ferment my cider in it?

 

[MedicMang]

Awww heeel yea. That's the best part of this hobby. Be resourceful. Of course you can use those. One of my favorite things that I do with mine is buy juice on sale, and ferment the crap out of it. Pom pomagranate/blueberry juice was 70% off, so I bought two and made it into 14% wine. Yayah. Do it up.

 

[Totes]

+1 heeel yea.
I know all the rossi drinkers on my street via recycling bin diving. They work great for a 1 gallon primary, being they are 4 liter jugs....when you rack to a true 1 gal secondary it works out perfect.
#6 bungs fit.

 

[abandonhope16]

Yup. If you have a whole foods near you, they sell apple juice in 1gal glass jugs.

 

[Meadiator]

Yup. If you have a whole foods near you, they sell apple juice in 1gal glass jugs.

I'm going to remember that. Maybe I could save myself some time this way 8)

 

[FatsSchindee]

Yup. If you have a whole foods near you, they sell apple juice in 1gal glass jugs.

Check your other local grocery stores first... You may save yourself some $$ that way. I had read about the Whole Foods 365 juice in the glass gallon jugs, and ran out to buy three of them so I could get started making some cider... $8.99 each! I took the hit, knowing that I'd be reusing the jugs over and over again (and wanting get started soon), but it still hurt. Then, while at my local grocery (HEB here in Austin), I found the same juice (organic, pasteurized, no preservatives) in the same exact jug for $7.99 each... Still pricey for one gallon, but slightly cheaper, and other grocery stores may have them even cheaper...

 

[devianttouch]

Yep, Rossi jugs work well. I have 5 of them, use them all the time!

I didn't like the cider I made with the 365 brand juice (too bitter for me), but I've used the jug many times since then, so it worked out for me.