people dont like using a blanket of co2 for wine.

other than that, dont know.



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Joe Romero
Panama City, FL
"SWalters" > wrote in message
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> Miker wrote:
>
> > Nothing wrong with fermenting in the 6 1/2, but once you start aging
> > and such you'll need to eliminate that air space. If you have a 5
> > gallon carboy you can use that and a 1 gallon apple juice jug or
> > something similar. You'll find as you make more and more wine you'll
> > want lots of different sizes including plenty of 1 gallon jugs and
> > some 3 gallon carboys as well. I don't have a 6 gallon myself and
> > don't really miss it.
>
> That's good advice regarding that 1 gallon jug...thanks. However, I still
> do not understand the reasoning behind .5 gallon of space being a problem
> if it's filled with CO2.
>
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