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Doug Miller

In article >, wrote:
>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.

I have 1-gallon jugs and 3-gallon carboys already; I guess that's what I'll
wind up using.

Normally, I do try to make enough to fill the carboy, but I needed to set
aside enough pears to make a pie, too... yummmmm!
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>On Sep 29, 11:10=A0pm, (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 le=
>ast 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) carbo=
>ys?
>>
>> TIA...
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