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Collection Vessel

Postby Jaggie » Tue Mar 10, 2015 4:06 pm

what is your collection vessel of choice DJ,mason jar or bucket ? i use a Pyrex jug with measurement on to take the first 200 mils away after that i use a Demijohn prolly not the best but i will learn
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Re: Collection Vessel

Postby Anavrin » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:44 pm

Kilner Jars, I have about 24 500ml jars and 3 or 4 1 litre kilner jars, all used for collection and airing, also a few demijohns for short term storage of strip and a few 19lt cornie kegs for long term storage of fients, heads etc
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Re: Collection Vessel

Postby Admiral Toad » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:39 pm

Marked DJ plus litre Pyrex jugs as required
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Re: Collection Vessel

Postby Almanac » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:43 pm

Anavrin wrote:Kilner Jars, I have about 24 500ml jars and 3 or 4 1 litre kilner jars, all used for collection and airing, also a few demijohns for short term storage of strip and a few 19lt cornie kegs for long term storage of fients, heads etc


Snap - almost Identical to my collection of collection vessels. The Kilner Jars are great because you can cover the opening with re-useable gauze squares (cheap from any pharmacy) and only screw on the lid rings. This allows perfect airing as it's easy for the Angels to get their share through :D

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Re: Collection Vessel

Postby Capt-Cudellez » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:11 pm

I use all of the above - cut spirit lives in clearly marked JDs.

I use Cornies or my 1/6 barrels sankey kegs for storing strip.

I collect strip and gin in a DJ inside a bucket in case I miss the change, when collecting from the VM I collect in 500ml jars also in the bucket - I put 4 in at a time and only have to rotate the bucket to change over. I collect in the jars as I time the change over with a stopwatch to check I'm running at the correct speed.

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Re: Collection Vessel

Postby Anavrin » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:36 pm

That's a good idea about the bucket, I've almost over filled a jar on many occasions :)
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Re: Collection Vessel

Postby Easydrinker » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:06 pm

I have overfilled,on many occasions and will be stealing the bucket idea for my next run!

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Re: Collection Vessel

Postby Mash » Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:25 am

These would be good then. Not seen them in the UK.

Pourers for jars.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moonshine-Pou ... 4d27d5d118
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