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19 Days!N.G.W.B.J.
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Only 16 days to go
If I needed to transport home, say, a 5 gallon batch of juice, will I need a container with headspace (e.g. a 33l fermenting bucket) or not (e.g. a 22.5l Better Bottle)?
Can anyone see any problems with the containers sitting in a car for the 3 hour journey home (plus a few hours sitting at home before anything gets done with them)?Pete the Instructor
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Both containers will work fine provided well sealed, I use the fermenting buckets with snap on lids.
As for the journey, it'l be fine, it might be best if you sulphite the must to save the wild yeasts from kicking in whilst traveling then pitch your yeast starter the next day.Discount Home Brew Supplies
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the better bottle is ok for white not for red
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Why's that then?Pete the Instructor
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The whites won't have the grape skins in with them, where the reds will. So the reds will need a snap on lid with some headroom.
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D'oh!
Obvious really! Thanks.
I only have one bucket with a snap-on lid. The other container was going to be a Youngs fermenter - says 5.5 gallons on the side, but I reckon it'll take 6 if absolutely full. It has an approx. 2 inch aperture. Adequate?
The biggest by local (15 miles away) HBS does is a 27 litre (6 gal) bucket - better?Pete the Instructor
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Good thinking regarding the skins guy's, the one with the 2" opening will be ok for whites but not reds, you need to get your hands in to punch the cap down, the bucket here is what we use for about 4 gallon, the cap formed can take up 6" or more of headspace.Discount Home Brew Supplies
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16 days to go!!!!
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I intend on bringing my red home in 1 or 2 containers with click on lids, then having it in a large bucket that I've got till racked into carboys.Originally posted by Duffbeer View Post
The whites will be in a 6 gallon bucket then racked into carboys.Comment
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Is that you being tattoed richard?
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He'd only just waxed.
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I hadn't realised he was so shapely either
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