Country wines straight into the Demijohn?

[Captain_birdseye]

Hi, after reading a few country wine books they all seem to recommend doing an initial fermentation in a plastic bucket rather than a DJ. I haven't got a bucket, can I shove everything straight into a DJ? I know I'll have to rack an extra time. Cheers

 

[RobWalker]

do you have a big bowl instead? you sort of can but it's messy and fiddly, and you need two dj's...blend the fruit then ferment that in a DJ for 5 days, then strain it off into a large bowl or something and transfer the juice into a DJ. you need to blend it so it fits through the neck, hahah...

 

[oldbloke]

Depends what you're making, if there's loads of stuff that needs to come out at some point a demi is a pain. Eg would you really want to try to clean masses of dandelion petals out of one? Or get loads of plum pulp out?
The buckets are cheap enough, but any food grade container the right size will do - maybe you're not going to be using your biggest stainless steel saucepan for a few days? etc.

 

[Pearlfisher]

When I used to make Sloe Gin ,I used to use an empty Rose's chocolates plastic container .

 

[Crastney]

I have this issue when making limoncello - you'd be amazed at how difficult it is to remove the sliced peel from ten lemons out of a DJ.

 

[hedgerow pete]

sorry mate, bite the bullet and buy a two gallon bucket, it will be the best buy you will do for a while, i get mine from the local sandwich shop as they get food products delivered in food grade white two gallon buckets,

i only buy the sticky bun out of politeness and really hate eating all those cream cakes :rofl: