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Reddit mentions of 2 Gallon Plastic Fermenter w/ drilled lid
Sentiment score: 5
Reddit mentions: 8
We found 8 Reddit mentions of 2 Gallon Plastic Fermenter w/ drilled lid. Here are the top ones.
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- Perfect size for making one gallon batches
- Included grommet Hole for airlock, airlock NOT included
- Metal or plastic handle depending on supplier
- Country of origin: Germany
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If you want to make 1 gallon batches, which I recommend for beginners, buy a two gallon bucket. You want the extra space because your batch size will really be 1.25 gallons so you can top off your secondary. When you mix the mead for the first 4 days to add oxygen and degas CO2, it will foam a bunch and you dont want a mess. After you mix the mead, add nutrients. To learn more about nutrients, google "advanced nutrients in meadmaking"
How big are your batches?
6.5 is fine for 5 gallons
2 gallon bucket for 1 gallon batches
7.8 gallon bucket for 6 gallon batches
To piggy back on u/stormbeforedawn's comment.
This is the equipment I used that I've had good luck with so far. It's what he recommended, I'm just providing links to the specific product I used.
Also a newbie, waiting for all my equipment to arrive from Amazon... But I picked up this 2 gallon bucket:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064O8WWE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_BssFybCMY4GHZ
Dunno if I've ever seen 1.5 gallon, but 2 gallon would be good for a 1 gallon melomel recipe.
Edit: New formatting...
2 gallon bucket with drilled lid, $16.17. This will be perfect for what you're describing. http://www.amazon.com/Gallon-Plastic-Fermenter-drilled-lid/dp/B0064O8WWE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426011617&sr=8-2&keywords=2+gallon+bucket
TLDR: The "Full kit" looks like it has the basics. As others have said, you might want a food-grade plastic bucket for primary fermentation, and you'll need bottles/containers to store the end product in.
If it were a "complete" kit I'd probably put one together which included One step sanitizer to sanitize equipment,a plastic fermentation bucket, and an auto-syphon to make racking (i.e., transferring the liquid from container to container) easier.
If it's something you're interested in pursuing further, there's plenty more you could consider picking up. A bottle filler for the auto syphon, a filtration kit to help clarify wine/mead, fining products, you might want to look into picking up more things like yeast energizer and yeast nutrient (which it sounds like this kit comes with some) and sulfate/sorbate (to stabilize the mead before back-sweetening) etc.
There are lots of recipes and lots of help available, so read up and feel free to ask questions and have a lot of fun experimenting and trying new things :)
I use these...
https://www.amazon.com/Gallon-Plastic-Fermenter-drilled-lid/dp/B0064O8WWE/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=3BOCV43TCMST7&keywords=2+gallon+fermenting+bucket&qid=1551151619&s=gateway&sprefix=2+gallon+ferm&sr=8-2