Glass jar with a top to ferment?

[2ball]

can I use this to ferment?

It has a lid but it just sets on top. Couldnt that keep contaminants out and also let the built up pressure excape?

Also is anyone using a container with a screw on top and a one way valve?


http://www.target.com/p/anchor-heritage-glass-jar-1-gallon/-/A-15295209

 

[JohnSand]

I don't make kombucha. That jar should be fine. I have used stainless and enameled pots, others have too. Crocks were used in the past. The MrBeer fermenter has a screw on lid with notches in the lip.
Just make sure the lid doesn't fit snug enough to be airtight. If you worry about contamination, put a bag over it, or plastic wrap, not tightly.

 

[passedpawn]

I'd say it would be fine. I don't make Kombucha though.

I've used a similar jar (that I got at Target) for fermenting all sorts of other stuff. Check it out:

2 1/2 gallon Montana Jar Fermentor

 

[hunter_le five]

Should work fine.

I just threw the glass lid away on mine and rubberband a couple layers of paper towels over the top.

 

[theDREWery]

It will need access to oxygen to produce acetic acid, so I just have a towel rubber banded over mine.

If you use a one-way airlock, you will not be making kombucha, just some boozy tea.

 

[passedpawn]

It will need access to oxygen to produce acetic acid, so I just have a towel rubber banded over mine.

If you use a one-way airlock, you will not be making kombucha, just some boozy tea.

Ah! I didn't know that. I've only had kombucha once, and I did not notice any vinegar-like flavor in there.

 

[Aristotelian]

I'd say it would be fine. I don't make Kombucha though.

I've used a similar jar (that I got at Target) for fermenting all sorts of other stuff. Check it out:

2 1/2 gallon Montana Jar Fermentor

What do you have going there? Hawaiian punch wine?

 

[passedpawn]

What do you have going there? Hawaiian punch wine?

Tepache!

 

[StinkyVp]

can I use this to ferment?

It has a lid but it just sets on top. Couldnt that keep contaminants out and also let the built up pressure excape?

Also is anyone using a container with a screw on top and a one way valve?


http://www.target.com/p/anchor-heritage-glass-jar-1-gallon/-/A-15295209

I just go to Kroger and buy the bulk 1 gallon jar of pickles and throw the pickles away. They are about $6.

 

[Northbank]

It will need access to oxygen to produce acetic acid, so I just have a towel rubber banded over mine.

If you use a one-way airlock, you will not be making kombucha, just some boozy tea.

+1 -- I use mason jars with the middle of the two part lid top popped out, and replaced with a coffee filter. 6 half gallon Balls mason jars (for canning) can be found for less than $10 ... gives you a lot of Kombucha!

 

[Northbank]

Ah! I didn't know that. I've only had kombucha once, and I did not notice any vinegar-like flavor in there.

It was young The longer it ferments (grows? brews?) the more vinegar flavor builds ... I've let a jar go for a good few weeks and the smell gets really really strong. Never have tasted it when it is like that.

 

[theDREWery]

A lot of the commercial kombuchas have so much flavoring and sweetness that you dont get much vinegar flavor coming through.