Your 5 gallon bin will work just fine.. You don't need an airlock for
promary fermentation

Later,
A.J. Rawls

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:14:49 +0100, "Derrick Bateman"
> wrote:

>I have been given a 30 bottle wine kit. I made up 6 bottle kits in the past
>but for this I believe I need fermenting bin, which I do not have. I have,
>however, plastic 5 gallon bin of the type used for beer making. Would this
>do? It has a lid that permits the passage of air but no way of fitting an
>airlock.
>