ballzac
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Hi,
I'd like to try my hand at sour beers at some stage, and because they take so long to ferment, I would like to get started sooner rather than later. I was wondering what most of you guys use for a fermenter?
From what I've read, glass or better bottle are better than a standard canoe drum type fermenter because they are less permeable. I think I would prefer to make sours that are more balanced towards lactic than acetic acid, so permeability to oxygen would probably be a problem for me. It seems that the glass and better-bottle carboys only come in 23L sizes or something. Because the beer would take so long to brew, I would probably rather do a larger batch, say 10 gallons or something. I could use a couple of better-bottles, but they are quite expensive. I'm wondering if there are other options?
Thanks
I'd like to try my hand at sour beers at some stage, and because they take so long to ferment, I would like to get started sooner rather than later. I was wondering what most of you guys use for a fermenter?
From what I've read, glass or better bottle are better than a standard canoe drum type fermenter because they are less permeable. I think I would prefer to make sours that are more balanced towards lactic than acetic acid, so permeability to oxygen would probably be a problem for me. It seems that the glass and better-bottle carboys only come in 23L sizes or something. Because the beer would take so long to brew, I would probably rather do a larger batch, say 10 gallons or something. I could use a couple of better-bottles, but they are quite expensive. I'm wondering if there are other options?
Thanks