Experimental container

[Nil]

I wanna make some small batches (~ 1 gallon each). What type of containers would you recommend for the fermentation process? I was wondering if I might use just milk plastic containers as moonshiners do.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks, Nil

 

[bobbrews]

Glass apple juice bottles or large glass pickle jars. I personally wouldn't brew at this small scale. 3 gallons for me is even quite small scale.

Take a walk around wholesale clubs like Costco, BJ's, or Sam's Club and get inspired. They have plenty of products in food safe containers at your disposal.

Good luck.

 

[Jamming]

Look around garage sales and maybe you can find a old pressure cooker with a good seal. drill hole for pop off and fill with starsan mixture. Buddy uses this works well.

 

[Boy]

Carlo Rossi jugs?

 

[AnOldUR]

 

[amandabab]

Carlo Rossi jugs?

Carlo Rossi jugs are my favorite.
4 liter jugs make better fermentors for 1 gallon batches than 1 gallon jugs. The tall neck is also not counted in the 4 liters.
(not much but it helps)

 

[Revvy]

Anythign you want to use. A fermenter is a fermenter is a fermenter, the yeast don't care. Glass jugs are great, but anything can work.

 

[TopherM]

I make 1.0 gallon cider batches in a 6.0 liter clear glass wine jug from the grocery store that was about $13 with cheap wine in it (I made sangria with it) and a 1.5 gallon brown glass Clorox bleach jug that I got for $6.00 from an antique store.

 

[Nil]

Thanks, Folks.

Nil

 

[nattron]

carlo rossi jugs?

+1

 

[Boy]

I recently used a Rossi jug to oak a stout. Didn't want to mess up the whole batch by over doing the oak so I split it, let the flavors overdevelop a little and then combined the batch and let it age longer. Worked perfectly.