6 Gallon Glass carboy - $30 + FS at amazon

Please fix your link, it should be 23 Liter (~6 Gal) CarBoy [amazon.com]

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So, for doing Beer, you would rather go with the 5 gallon carboy, right? I want one for doing batches of beer (I am slowly moving from the Mr. Beer home brew kits to the bigger brewing kits).

The 6 gallon seems to be recommended for wine....

Price is good though, as Midwest Supplies [midwestsupplies.com] is $37.99 + Shipping on their 6-Gallon Carboy.

Quote from slammedisuzu : So, for doing Beer, you would rather go with the 5 gallon carboy, right? I want one for doing batches of beer (I am slowly moving from the Mr. Beer home brew kits to the bigger brewing kits). The 6 gallon seems to be recommended for wine.... Price is good though, as Midwest Supplies [midwestsupplies.com] is $37.99 + Shipping on their 6-Gallon Carboy.

Nope, get a 6 gallon for beer. 6 or 6.5 gallon carboys are perfect for 5 gallon batches of beer. You need the extra space for the krausen to form. Otherwise, it will overflow and spill out of the carboy if you had a 5 gallon carboy, for example.

In general, get a 6.5 gallon carboy for the primary fermentation and (optionally) a 5 gallon carboy for secondary fermentation if you choose to secondary.

Of course, you could always use plastic buckets.

Someone beat me too it.

Ordered this last time and showed up completely shattered. Amazon refunded my money no questions asked. Going to try it again!

I have been on S&S for these for over a year now getting 2 per month and I only had one arrive broken. After a bunch we reported as arriving broken during a deal a few months past Amazon pulled them and changed up the packing. Most that I have received since have been triple box packed with bubble wrap and foam.

And for the beer/wine question these won’t be big enough to do a full 6 gallon batch of wine as a primary fermenter but are perfect for secondary. I also use them for fermenting beer when I need an extra fermenter but I aim for a 4.75-5 gallon batch depending on how active the yeast strain I am using and be ready to use a blow off tube.

Quote from docu : Nope, get a 6 gallon for beer. 6 or 6.5 gallon carboys are perfect for 5 gallon batches of beer. You need the extra space for the krausen to form. Otherwise, it will overflow and spill out of the carboy if you had a 5 gallon carboy, for example. In general, get a 6.5 gallon carboy for the primary fermentation and (optionally) a 5 gallon carboy for secondary fermentation if you choose to secondary. Of course, you could always use plastic buckets.

Thanks for the info. Repped.

OP - Repped and thumbs up!!

I forgot I had a $5 giftcard sitting in my Amazon account from cashing in some Bing rewards, which made this deal even more SLICK for me!!

Great deal, and good for primary fermenter. Always use a six gallon for primary, otherwise you'll end up with beer all over your ceiling when it blows off if you use a five.

This is fine for lighter beers or lower yeast pitching amounts. But if you do a heavier beer or a liquid starter (or properly hydrate a dry starter) you will likely want a 6.5 gallon. I've had one or two that went over my 6.5 gallon primary and would not like to think what 1/2 a gallon less would have caused (as it is I had a bad cleanup of all the foam everywhere which had dried and became sticky).

They sell anti-foam silicone drops that MAY help this situation, but in my case I didn't notice a difference with/without.

Quote from slammedisuzu : So, for doing Beer, you would rather go with the 5 gallon carboy, right? I want one for doing batches of beer (I am slowly moving from the Mr. Beer home brew kits to the bigger brewing kits). The 6 gallon seems to be recommended for wine.... Price is good though, as Midwest Supplies [midwestsupplies.com] is $37.99 + Shipping on their 6-Gallon Carboy.

Quote from docu : Nope, get a 6 gallon for beer. 6 or 6.5 gallon carboys are perfect for 5 gallon batches of beer. You need the extra space for the krausen to form. Otherwise, it will overflow and spill out of the carboy if you had a 5 gallon carboy, for example. In general, get a 6.5 gallon carboy for the primary fermentation and (optionally) a 5 gallon carboy for secondary fermentation if you choose to secondary. Of course, you could always use plastic buckets.

I would recommend the 6 gallon for primary fermentation of a 5 gallon batch of beer, and a 5 gallon carboy for a secondary (clearing) stage for the same 5 gallon batch (less head space, less oxygen). The 6 gallon carboy also works well for a clearing vessel for a 6 gallon batch of wine (after fermenting in an 8-9 gallon bucket). Amazon also sells nice big buckets with lids for $8.20 with S&S. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/...00_details which are good as wine primary fermentation vessels.

Any deals on a 6.5 gallon as well? I'm interested in getting in to brewing, but would like to purchase the carboys at the same time if possible.