You know anyone with gallon wine jugs? You could also use 2 litre soda
bottles. They can hold a lot of pressure so screw the caps on tight
and release a little every day until you figure out what you're going
to do. I actually likr 5 gallon carboys and 1 gallon wine jugs for
smaller increments. You'll figure it out but I always make enough to
fill the carboy, whatever size that is or use gallon jugs for smaller
batches.

On Sep 29, 11:10*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
> Local winemaking suppliers carry carboys in these sizes (U.S. gallons):
> 2.8, 3, 5, 6, and 6.5 (roughly 10.5, 11, 19, 23, and 25 liters). I can't seem
> to find any different sizes from online retailers, either.
>
> I've started a couple batches of fruit wine (one pear, one apricot) that
> aren't going to fill a 5-gallon carboy. The pear is still in primary, and it
> looks like I'll have about 4 gallons after straining out and pressing the
> pulp. The apricot is in secondary in a 6-gallon carboy, but there's at least 4
> inches of sediment at the bottom, maybe 5 -- that isn't going to fill a
> 5-gallon carboy either.
>
> Does anyone know of a source for 2- and 4-gallon (7.5 and 15 liter) carboys?
>
> TIA...