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.

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.
>

Thanks for that, Derrick
"A. J. Rawls" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
> >
>

Careful now. Thirty bottles is 5 gals. But you need some space to allow
for foaming. Normally you want an 7-8 gal bin to do 5 gal's. A.J. is
right, you do not need an airlock for primary.

Ray

"A. J. Rawls" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
> >
>

You can manage with that but if i were you i would buy a proper wine
fermenter with provision for airlock regards Barrie

"Ray" > wrote in message
news
> Careful now. Thirty bottles is 5 gals. But you need some space to allow
> for foaming. Normally you want an 7-8 gal bin to do 5 gal's. A.J. is
> right, you do not need an airlock for primary.
>
> Ray
>
I have found that by adding water to 4 gallons for the initial fermentation
that I can use a 5 gallon fermenter for 5 gallons.
--
Regards
Tom


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