First time mead

[Aquabubbles]

I found a recipe for a 5 gallon mead and bought all the ingredients for that. Unfortunately I just realized the Carboy I have is for 6 gallons. Can I make my 5 gallon mead in the carboy that I have or do I need to buy a 5 gallon size?

 

[BostonianBrewer]

You will be fine

 

[Arpolis]

Yea make it in the 6 gallon and here is 2-3 months when you need to rack off the lees, by then you can get yourself a 5 gallon carboy to rack into. If you mix up a little more than 5 gallons then you can make sure you top up the 5 gallon carboy up to the neck because there will be some loss in volume due to lees and such.

 

[jonmohno]

Perfectly fine for primary.

 

[ReDim]

you need head space for fermentation, because there are gasses and foam rising, so your wort will increase in volume during fermentation. My fermentors are 5g, so I fill it to 4.5g and sometimes still I blow my airlock...

So basically it's perfect size for a 5g recipe.

 

[Aquabubbles]

I was planning on using it as my secondary since I already have a 7 gallon fermenter bucket to use as my primary.