Muz
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I've been trying to work something out this morning and thought I would see if anyone else has already solved this problem.
I usually brew beer but lately I've enjoyed doing a mead or two. I like that they're relatively quick and easy to start and it's just a nice change from beer.
The question I have is regarding good vessels for small batch primary and secondary fermentation.
For my first batches I used 5 litre demijohns for both primary and secondary. I did about 4.2 litres for primary but when I transferred to a secondary 5 litre demijohn I end up with about 3.8 litres and lots of head space. Given that it's going to sit in there for a couple of months I'd love to have a smaller demijohn for secondary so that it fills right up to the neck to reduce this. I can't seem to find any 4 litre demijohns for sale. I can see a few 1 gallon ones which would be perfect but I've been told many of the ones advertised as 1 gallon are actually 5 litres.
How do other mead makers do ~4-5 gallon batchs?
Thanks.
I usually brew beer but lately I've enjoyed doing a mead or two. I like that they're relatively quick and easy to start and it's just a nice change from beer.
The question I have is regarding good vessels for small batch primary and secondary fermentation.
For my first batches I used 5 litre demijohns for both primary and secondary. I did about 4.2 litres for primary but when I transferred to a secondary 5 litre demijohn I end up with about 3.8 litres and lots of head space. Given that it's going to sit in there for a couple of months I'd love to have a smaller demijohn for secondary so that it fills right up to the neck to reduce this. I can't seem to find any 4 litre demijohns for sale. I can see a few 1 gallon ones which would be perfect but I've been told many of the ones advertised as 1 gallon are actually 5 litres.
How do other mead makers do ~4-5 gallon batchs?
Thanks.