Are you referring to making your own Growlers? Or are you referring to an
actual fermentation vessel of a 1/2 gallon variety?
Just curious
Joe

"Chris" <rrufiange@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> What do some of you use for fermenting vessels? I've experimented with[/color]
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> sorts of things, from used pickle or relish jars, to plastic milk jugs, to
> mason jars...
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> I like the plastic milk jug the best of the vessels not designed for it.
> For afew reasons.
> First, if the pressure gets too much to handle, a burst half-gallon jug is
> alot less dangerous than a shattered glass jar or bottle. Second, I like
> the lid arrangement. If I need to release pressure, the slightest twist[/color]
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> do just that, without exposing too much of the elements. Thirdly, with
> everyone drinking milk/tea/eggnog/whatever, there's always a good ready
> supply of empties to take charge of.
>
> Right now, I'm fermenting my ginger beer in a half-gal Gustafson Farms
> Eggnog jug, with 2 smaller pickle jars for secondary just in case. That
> way, even if one of them doesn't take, I've still got spares to work with.
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