Mosti Mondiale MM All Juice Bucket as Primary?

Milwood · Sep 8, 2009

They are great to use if you are not making a 6 gallon kit. I use them all the time for 3 to 5 gallon batches of fruit wine. I have made peach, blackberry, blueberry and cranberry in these buckets and they work just fine. If you are strictly using kits for wine then these will probably be a bit too small to use as a primary fermenter.

kmitch747 · Sep 8, 2009

I keep hearing that but it worked great for me, better than I thought it would actually doing an all juice kit. Probably because I snap the lid? I had no mess, perfect fermentation, I don't know what could have been better with it.

RickC · Sep 8, 2009

I use anAJ bucket for sanitizing my utensils and other misc equipment. With the exception of the auto-siphon, everything else I use will fit in the bucket with the lid in place. Great tolet sitas a humidor for half hour or so.

ibglowin · Sep 9, 2009

I actually measured it out this weekend with a gallon jug x 6. It was a good 4-5 inches from the top, but this thing is not as wide in diameter as a normal primary so I would worry about a chimney effect especially during the first few days.

JWMINNESOTA · Sep 9, 2009

I put it to the test a couple of years ago. It will work, but it is very tight, now I use for smaller batches.
http://www.finevinewines.com//Wiz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3137&KW=chardasia&PID=47799#47799

One thing I do different now is I don't snap the lid down during primary fermentation. And of course some wines/yeast are more vigorous than others.

ibglowin · Sep 9, 2009

Yep that looks familiar. On a sad note I wish George had time like he used to when the business was smaller and could post to the forums.

I think business is good these days. I have been to every Homebrew shop in New Mexcio and none can hold a candle to The Winemakers Toystore.

The kit prices are higher AND they are trying to peddle out of date juice to boot!