On Feb 6, 11:29 pm, AxisOfBeagles wrote:
On a numbr of occassions, I have ventured into the organic foods store
nearby and purchased half gallon bottles of organic milk. The milk is
good for my coffee - and the half gallon jars are perfect for top-up
batches of wine, and for projects like yours.

Personally, I'd never trust my wines to some dispensable plastic containers.

On 2008-02-06 12:39:31 -0800, Wayne Harris said:

I have some wine "experiments" I have been thinking about and would
like start. These are small 1 gallon batch jobs.

So i am thinking about the logistics of this. I currently have 5
gallon carboys, but do not want to dedicate a 5 gal carboy for these
small batches.. I could buy 1 gallon carboys, but if i spend any more
money on this "wine thingy" I think my wife will kill me. :-)

-so-

Is there any problem with using a (thoroghly cleaned and sanitized)
plastic milk jug for this purpose?

I believe i can make it air tight by drilling the lid and fitting it
with a vapor lock.

Love to hear your thoughts...

I'd have to weigh in with the writers thus far Wayne.

But I can offer a potentially very useful source of fermenters... Y
could do a lot worse than checking out Freecycle online. It is run
via yahoo groups (go to http://www.freecycle.org/ to find your
nearest group). Freecycle is a worldwide network where people give
you their unwanted old stuff and all that they ask in return is that
you collect it!

In a 4 month period I harvested over 2 DOZEN 1 gallon glass demijohns
from 6 different Freecylers! The great thing is that you are doing
them a favour by taking the stuff out of their way! The way it works
is that you join the yahoo group then offer almost anything you like
(non adult, non weapon, non alcohol, non living). You only have to
offer one thing then you can make requests. You can ask if anyone has
spare demijohns or just hunt around the posts to see if someone is
currently offering any. I was in a similar boat with my wife and she
was more than happy I was getting these things for free!

Good hunting, Jim