Richard,
I go a different route which many here dealing in 5 to 10 gallon batches
probably also do. I have 187ml, 375ml and 750mls on hand to take anything
that overflows a "23l" carboy. I do admittedly have about 10 extra bottles
and airlocks in the ageing process at any one time but I also always know
that I am never consuming more than one glass of the unfinished wine before
its time. And I also use only 5 gallon carboys.

Oh, and yes, I think your anti-HTML campaign would work best if the ASCII
chars lined up in both fixed width and variable texts. Ahhhh, but that is
the bane of ASCII, no?!?!? (different newsgroup readers, etc.) LOL...


Patrick


"Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" > wrote in message
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> The local winery shop is ordering another seven gallon carboy for me.
>
> As I've been reading, however, I'm wondering if this is the right size.
> For six gallon batches, should I be using six gallons instead?
> Will six gallons take a six gallong carboy to its neck?
>
> And while I'm at it, is there a good source if I'm willing to order a
> half dozen or so at once? They're about $20 locally.
>
> hawk
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