When I find mead recipes they most are for making 5 gals of mead. Even the mead kits you can buy are for 5gals. Why is this? Most wine making carboys are 3 or 6 gals. Wouldn't it make more sinse to make the recipes for this amount?
causeofhim said:My statement was that "Most wine making carboys are 3 or 6 gals". I was referring to the carboys that are sold for winemaking not the retro water jugs that you can use for wine making.
Dmntd said:Many of the recipes you've seen may date to a time when the 5 gallon water bottle was the most common fermentation vessel.
JamesP said:5 Gallon carboys? What 5 gallon carboys??
We only have 19.8 Litre ones over here ;D
Oskaar said:It's been my experience that five gallon vessels are easier to find 2nd hand than the other sizes, but I do have between 50-60 carboys that are 6.5 or 5 gallon.
Dan McFeeley said:Hope you have a good ventilation system -- I can just imagine the CO2 problem with all of them going at once. ;D