One gallon fermenters

[chadkarol]

Does anyone have any experience using one gallon fermenters for secondary fermenting? I brew the typical five gallon batches and have been considering using five one gallon fermenters for secondaries, so I can experiment with different ingredients in the secondaries. I'm just curious if there are any downsides to fermenting in smaller quantities.


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[eastoak]

does not seem unreasonable to me.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

It works just fine.

 

[blakelyc]

I do this all the time... My typical routine is to brew 5 gallons, primary, then pull off two one-gallon secondaries and move the remainder into a 3-gallon better bottle.

 

[Bamsdealer]

Nope. I regularly brew one gallon batches and often pull a gallon for oak or fruit from my five gallon batches. I have a few one gallon glass jugs for just that.

 

[Calder]

I've got about 25 of them. I mostly store sours in them as they easily store in the crawl space. Occasionally I'll pull a couple of gallons off a batch and add some oak or spices. They are good for batches of cider too.