Home Brewing FERMENTERS: What We use and Why

There are many containers that can be used for fermenting home brewed mead, wine, cider, beer, etc. Some good, some, not so much. We have, over many years, found what works for us, and in this podcast, we talk about what we use and why when it comes to fermenting.

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One Gallon Glass Carboy With Airlock: https://amzn.to/4aNnik9
One Gallon Wide Mouth Glass Fermenter: https://amzn.to/43TNwS2
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1/2 Gallon Glass Fermenter: https://amzn.to/48BQv1V
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Chapters:
00:00 Pros and Cons of Different Types of Fermenters
00:20 Why We Use One US Gallon Fermenters More Than Other Sizes
03:10 One Gallon Glass Carboy
06:00 One Gallon Wide Mouth Fermenter
09:08 Five Liter Glass Fermenters
11:48 Two Gallon Plastic Bucket
16:55 Primary Fermentation and Headspace
17:56 The Lids of Buckets
19:36 Fruit Flies, the Ultimate Enemy of the Homebrewer (in our opinion)
22:30 Humor as a Memory Device
24:15 The TARDIS! (Five Liter Squared Compact Fermenter)
24:59 Important Note About Plastic!
27:33 Back to the TARDIS
28:41 SPIGOTS!
32:06 Conical Fermenter
35:50 Larger Fermenters
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