Cattleskull
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We had half a gallon of mead to spare, so we put it in a plastic water carton you see at markets. Can I just let fermentation take its course in such material? will it be poisonous after its done fermenting?
Half a gallon of mead to spare
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The half gallon bottle of juice you see from ocean spray will work in a pinch. My experimental cucumber mead went into that and I have not died yet; however, my eyesight goes blurry after too much of the stuff. lol
Plastic should be fine for fermentation, for long term aging perhaps not as good.
Get yourself a gallon jug of cheap carlo rossi or similar brand wine...even if you just dump the wine or cook with it or something, its still a pretty cheap 1 gallon glass carboy... I agree with the others...for the short time you should be fine, but I might be hesitant to age it for very long in an unproven container...
Can you find a couple of half-bottles of something worth drinking? I would hesitate to use plastic because I'm not altogether sure what chemistry would be happening between my hooch and the bottle, but I can't imagine it'd be good for you. There's a reason wineries bottle in glass...
