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Two gallon batches in a 3 gallon jug

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I've got about 5 diff 1 gallon meads goin on right now and I'm really starting to hate the 1 gallon jugs. Small mouth, never seem to have enough room after the fruit and a pain the clean.
So I've been thinking I would get some 3 gallon jugs and make a two gallon batch. I was thinking after the fruit I would still have room for 2 gallons of must. But will that be too much extra free air?
 
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That's fine while you're fermenting and while it's still releasing carbon dioxide, but once you rack it you won't want so much headspace. Although then you could just fill two 1-gal jugs...
 
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Chevette Girl said:
That's fine while you're fermenting and while it's still releasing carbon dioxide, but once you rack it you won't want so much headspace. Although then you could just fill two 1-gal jugs...
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X2 Once it's done, rack it into gallon jugs! What could be nicer?
 
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although if you really wanna make things easier on yourself, get a bucket and a fruit bag. New pillowcase works, tied with cotton yarn... 5 gal bucket is fine for primary for 1 gal batches and the open end of a bucket is way easier to manage fruit...
 
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Have you had any airlock activity on the carboy? If you have, some fermentation has taken place and likely driven off the O2 in your head space.
 
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