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wow, good response! i have noticed the problem with the plastic moving as i would touch it and for this reason alone i do prefer glass. the plastic also retains a faint taint from the previous wine. also i do prefer the rubber bung, it does give a much better seal!

Hi guys! I have been wondering what your opinion are on the above matters! do you prefer glass demijohns and carboys to their plastic equivalent? I know i certainly prefer glass over plastic. I'm still on the fence over the cork vs rubber bung debate. I'm only taking about using it in the...

still looking for an answer to my questions. planning to age the cider for about 6 months. sound ok? and how would i carbonate it as mentioned in one of the above posts?

how do you carbonate it? would be interested to try this myself

not planning on keeping it that long, been following a pretty basic recipe that advised me not to add any sugar and age for about 6 months. sound feasible?

i know its not exactly wine, but the principles are the same :P basically does my plan of action below sound ok? so, whilst checking my wine the other day I noticed one of my protein jars was nearly empty and its slightly bigger than the demijohn. so I decided that it would make an excellent...

i thought it was odd to have the airlock in straightaway but i am simply following the instructions and it said to airlock the demijohn straight away!

here are a few pics of the wine kit, start to fermentation start

yeah they do, but I'm over in Scotland at university so don't have the space to break out a 5 gallon fermenter. Sticking with the demijohns and 1 gallon batches just now. :) Thanks, i was pretty pleased with the score on the demijohns. was in the local homebrew store today and they charge...

so venturing into making my first wine from a wine kit! Im using a merlot kit to make 1 gallon of wine. Not too sure how it will work out, but fingers crossed! will keep updates on this thread and on on my blog!

ok guys as promised here are some pics of my steal from ebay! they need a good clean out but I'm happy enough to do that myself!

they are the normal 1 gallon jars. just plain glass with the little ears for handles at the neck. I'm chuffed with the price because over here a single pair of glass DJs can cost as much as £18! which in equates to $28. how much would you expect to pay of the equivalent in the states? for...

Just picked up 12 glass demijohns (9 clear, 3 brown) off ebay for £14! really pleased with that price! picking them up tomorrow, can't wait to get some wine bubbling away soon!

does anybody know of such a thing in the uk? or is it possible to get it sent from the states?

Hi guys, would you mind checking out my new blog? http://irishwinemaker.blogspot.com/ thanks in advance michael :)