Newbee to mead making and fermentation in general. when I started looking at the process, a friend who'd done it before recommended picking up some of the wide mouth pickle jars in glass to use for the fermentation. I did so, though I trashed the metal lid when I went to drill the hole for the airlock.
Anyway, what I gathered from him was that the wide mouthed gallon jars were convenient for small batched, as they were easy to clean out, being able to get your hand in etc.
Has anybody used these? they are cheap to aquire and would be easy to clean out for fruit based recipes in small quantities, but in searching I didn't find references so I got to wondering.
I'm also assembling some 4L Carlo Rossi wine bottles, and a couple 3L MD wine bottles to have on hand.
And for anybody who's done it, I got my airlocks at the local wine/home brew store, with the grommets. The hole for the grommet looks about 1/2" Does that sound right? The first lid I tried to drill with my regular bits and dril ended up getting thrashed when the bit caught and just tore the metal, rather than drilling the hole. I have drilled steel before, but never anything this thin. any tips or tricks?
Anyway, what I gathered from him was that the wide mouthed gallon jars were convenient for small batched, as they were easy to clean out, being able to get your hand in etc.
Has anybody used these? they are cheap to aquire and would be easy to clean out for fruit based recipes in small quantities, but in searching I didn't find references so I got to wondering.
I'm also assembling some 4L Carlo Rossi wine bottles, and a couple 3L MD wine bottles to have on hand.
And for anybody who's done it, I got my airlocks at the local wine/home brew store, with the grommets. The hole for the grommet looks about 1/2" Does that sound right? The first lid I tried to drill with my regular bits and dril ended up getting thrashed when the bit caught and just tore the metal, rather than drilling the hole. I have drilled steel before, but never anything this thin. any tips or tricks?