butterpants
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I've been pondering the idea of doing a few Solera-type sour fermentation in my basement....I'm thinking 15 gallons per would be perfect. Maybe 2 or 3 of them. Multiple recipes, not all the same beer.
For the container I don't know where do go with it. I really don't want some gigantic, difficult to clean, leaky, porous oak cask that may impart flavors I don't want. I'd rather have something where I could control sanitation and oxygen more closely and be easier to move, plus no leaks ever. Any thoughts on the vessel to use? Half Barrel stainless keg with a jury rigged airlock? A plastic barrel? I'm avoiding glass, too easy to break even if I could find a 15 gallon carboy. Please help, everything I see on the internets is in oak.
For the container I don't know where do go with it. I really don't want some gigantic, difficult to clean, leaky, porous oak cask that may impart flavors I don't want. I'd rather have something where I could control sanitation and oxygen more closely and be easier to move, plus no leaks ever. Any thoughts on the vessel to use? Half Barrel stainless keg with a jury rigged airlock? A plastic barrel? I'm avoiding glass, too easy to break even if I could find a 15 gallon carboy. Please help, everything I see on the internets is in oak.