Fermenting in 15 Liter Water Jug

[beerdrinker]

My mom buys water in 15 liter water jugs and I was wondering what you guys might think of using these for fermentation? We go through 1-2 per week and thus I wouldn't even have to clean them after use, just put them in the recycling bin and use a new one for the next batch.

[philbrasil]

Is it glass or plastic?

I use 20 liter plastic water jugs since I started. I know glass or stainless steel is better and I want to move to that, but I don´t have the $$$ yet...

[beerdrinker]

They are plastic.

Another issue I just realised is that my rubber stopper wont fill the hole, any ideas on what I could do there?

[Chuli]

Most brew shops sell stoppers to fit all sizes of bottles, if still not big enough, you can always just use some sanitized Alum foil or plastic wrap with a blow off tube.

My brew store sells up to a #13 which measures Top 2 11/16" bottom 2 5/16". That should fit a big bottle.

[philbrasil]

you could either buy a bigger stopper or

put a piece of cottonball rolled up in gaze dipped in sanitary solution....

[oneal66]

You could also just sanitize some aluminum foil and cover the top loosely.