What should I lager in?

[Shoemaker]

I got a 6 gallon glass carboy and a 5 gallon better bottle. What should I use for my lager batch which is 5 gallons? I've heard its not good to have headspace for lagering for an extended period but I also heard plastic is not good for an extended period of time.

 

[TipsyDragon]

i would use the glass carboy and fill the head space with CO2. you can either use gas from a CO2 tank used for keging or some dry ice fog. i use the dry ice fog myself. you can do a yahoo local search to find a local distributor. get a 1lb. block and break it up into small chunks. then get the siphon going and put a chunk of the dry ice in a glass of warm water. pour the fog and only the fog into the carboy as the siphon does its thing. you will probably have to get more warm water or a new chunk of dry ice at some point. when the siphon is finished get a fresh chunk and warm water then flood the head space with the fog at the exact same time cap the carboy. this will trap the CO2 in the carboy.

 

[Dave11980]

Then get some empty soda bottles and fill them up with warm water. Drop several chunks of extra dry ice in, cap, and throw. Good times right there.