Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Homebrew: Making a Plastic Demijon

Hi all,

Something I've been doing lately is making homebrew! It's so cheap compared to supermarket prices but can be quite expensive to start out so I decided to make my own demijons from 5ltr water bottles. Here's how:

Here's all of the equipment you'll need:
  • Empty 5ltr water bottle
  • Drill & drill bits
  • Rubber grommet (from any homebrew store)
  • Airlock


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1. Place the lid on the bottle, and drill a hole. I used 13mm as that's the size needed for my grommet.

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2. Wash the blue bits out of the bottle, then place the grommet in the hole.

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3. Insert the airlock and, voila, one shiny new FV!

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I hope someone finds this useful!

Kevin

2 comments:

  1. Very clever - I remember my dad's attempts at homebrew. I hope yours are much more successful (and actually drinkable) Jaqui x

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  2. Hey Kevin - we're all missing you on the forum!

    Neat tutorial here, sorry I didn't see it until now .. Quite the fan of a home brew or two, or three myself :P

    Anyhoo, hope you're well mate {{hugs}}

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