Wayne Harris wrote:

On Apr 22, 6:29*pm, Joe Sallustio
wrote:
On Apr 22, 5:36*pm, AxisOfBeagles
wrote:





Neither?

I don;t think you'd want to ferment Cab in a
barrel anyway. What about getting two or
three large plastic fermentation buckets with
lids? Will Mrs. Harris allow that?


http://morewinemaking.com/view_product/19680/103207

Fermenting 5 small lots seems to me only to
increase risks, and would be terribly
inefficient from a time / work point of view.

On 2008-04-22 13:19:31 -0700, Wayne Harris
said:

This fall, *due to spouse induced space
restrictions, *I am fermenting about 25
5-gallon buckets of Cabernet Sauvignon. (I
did not know this last year, but
appearently we have a standing "no-barrel"
policy in my house)



I am thinking about Pressing

Would it be better to:

Press each bucket's cap
individually,draining back into the
original bucket? (More time consuming)

Collect up all the caps, and press as one
evenly divide up the resulting juice back
into each individual bucket. (less time
consuming)

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Wayne,
I ferment in 6 gallon pails and it is a bit of
a pain. *I drain off the free run and scoop out
the cap into the press leaving most of the
seeds behind. *You really can't fill them over
4.5 gallons and mine hold 6.5 gallons
technically.

Why not go the large trash barrel, clear
plastic poly bag route others use? *I don't
know how many pounds you are talking but it
sounds like close to a ton. *It would be a lot
less work and a lot less space. You might have
only 3 55 gallon barrels to deal with rather
than 25 buckets.

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I was under the impression that large plastic
trash barrels should not
be used for Primary Fermentation. It that is
the case, I am happy
to run down to Lowes and pick a couple up, But
most trash barrels are LDPE plastic, (not food
grade) and I am worried about the must picking
up smells.

Go online to US Plastics. They sell a wide
variety and sizes of HDPE containers that are
excellent for fermentation. Ask them to mail you
a catalog. I bet you will find other things
(toys) that would come in handy for winemaking



you mentioned liners, i don't know what you
mean by a a liner.

(I could sell a stackable "trash" can to the
spouse.