Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
Allrighty then! I'm about to embark on my second batch of beer. I recently purchased a recipe book from Brooklyn Brew Shop with 52 recipes all broken out by season. I'm going to make a gingerbread ale in a 1 gallon batch. Went by the LHBS the other night and snagged my ingredients and I'm ready to go. But I have a question on which fermentation vessel to use. My first batch was also one gallon and the instructions had me fermenting in a 1 gallon jug. Needless to say, I had some "blowout". I'd like to avoid that this time around and am wondering if there's any danger in fermenting in something larger - say a 5 gallon better boy. Any advice would be much appreciated. I hope to start cooking this one Friday or Saturday. Thanks!