Earlier I was discussing smaller brew batches, I'm happy to brew in a 5 gallon bucket with 2 gallons I've been told that the headspace shouldn't be an issue but I had already asked my dad about his old demijohns he had offered me recently so now I have three clear and two brown glass 1 gallon demijohns!
I measured them with 500ml jug and managed just over 8 before it overflowed :-( this means it's probably around 3.8lt to the neck...
My question is if I wanted to use two and split my fermentation across both what would an acceptable batch be to leave enough room for krausen etc?
I'm thinking 3lts in each? That would leave me with a possible 10 -12 bottles per batch which I'm happy with!
I measured them with 500ml jug and managed just over 8 before it overflowed :-( this means it's probably around 3.8lt to the neck...
My question is if I wanted to use two and split my fermentation across both what would an acceptable batch be to leave enough room for krausen etc?
I'm thinking 3lts in each? That would leave me with a possible 10 -12 bottles per batch which I'm happy with!
