Aright?
Anyone know where I could get my hands on 3 or 4 *cheap* mason jars? I'm currently using my old 1-gallon demijohns for making 1L yeast starters and given the wide surface area for such a small amount of liquid, it's not always easy to tell if the starter has started.
I realise if using mason jars for yeast starters to not have a completely tight seal, so maybe conicals are a better option, though I can see other uses for the mason jars too.
Would the same size bung/airlock combo for a 1 gallon demijohn fit in a conical? If so, maybe I've talked myself round to conicals instead so I'll rephrase the original question:
Anyone know where I could get my hands on 3 or 4 *cheap* conical flasks?
Cheers,
-Barry
QuoteThe bung will fit one of the sizes, I think the 1 litre. They all have different neck sizes.
Cheers Shane, so a wide-necked 1L conical. Sounds good.
QuoteI think Ikea sell mason jars?
Snap out of it, man! Have you forgotten the 6th commandment of home-brewing: never (pronounced '
nivvir' up here) buy at retail price what you can make, get second hand, scrounge, inherit from a dead relative, find in a skip.....
-Barry
I have a spare 1L and 500ml conical flask if you want them. €6 and a bottle of home-brew and they are yours.
Cheers, Shiny. I might be interested in the 1L flask. Do you know if the next is wide enough to fit a standard bung for a 1 gallon demijohn?
-Barry
Its a good bit wider than the bung from a demijohn, the bung would fall into it.
Are you a fan of Sauerkraut?! :P
S-bury's do good stuff in nice big jars which are approx. 1L.
What do you typically user on the top of it then; bit of perforated tin foil?
I think I'd be interested in both flasks at 6 euro, and I'll try and dig out something that passes as a bottle of decent homebrew.
Only issue now is the logistics of payment & delivery. You coming up to the Hilden festival by any chance?
Cheers,
-Barry
QuoteAre you a fan of Sauerkraut?
Hah, Chris. Yep; f I start force feeding the kids with mayonnaise, sauerkraut and pickles I could have a pretty impressive collection of jars by the end of the summer. Cheers for the tip :)
-Barry
Quote from: Bazza on August 09, 2013, 11:42:33 AM
What do you typically user on the top of it then; bit of perforated tin foil?
I think I'd be interested in both flasks at 6 euro, and I'll try and dig out something that passes as a bottle of decent homebrew.
Only issue now is the logistics of payment & delivery. You coming up to the Hilden festival by any chance?
Yeah I just use tinfoil, I was contemplating getting these (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/foam-stopper-46-50mm.html) in the next group buy as an alternative to tinfoil but I reckon people could make these themselves.
I'm not going up to Hilden but someone at the TOG brewday might and I could give your stuff to them if that suited?
QuoteI'm not going up to Hilden but someone at the TOG brewday might and I could give your stuff to them if that suited?
Yep; that'll do the job. I've some euro left from my ill-fated Sligo trip so I'll get that to you. I can buy something nice from the offie, take the label off put a crude sticker on it and get that to you too.
Cheers, Shiny!
-Barry