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Lid or cork for 1 gallon demijohns?

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  • 03-11-2012 2:49pm
    #1
    north south east west
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭


    Hi guys

    Does anybody know where you can purchase corks or preferably screw top lids for a 1 gallon demijohns in Dublin?

    Thanks


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    redser7
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    Tesco now stocking home brew stuff


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    #3
    north south east west
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭north south east west


    No way. Thats brilliant, will have a look. Hopefully they will have them.


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    redser7
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    Ring ahead. Only know of some for sure - Maynooth, naas, clearwater.


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    sharingan
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    north south east west wrote: »
    Does anybody know where you can purchase corks or preferably screw top lids for a 1 gallon demijohns in Dublin?

    Screw top lids? A demi john wont have a screw thread. If you are not pressurising the DJ then a regular rubber bung, unbored will do.

    Are you pressurising it? I wouldn't recommend that, they are not designed for that pressure. However they could be very good indeed for aging wine, or a few wild ferments (mead, birch sap etc.)


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    redser7
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    +1. There is always an embossed message around the bottom of the jar - NOT A PRESSURISED CONTAINER. Anything can stay in them safely for aging if ferment is dead and they are degassed. Or else with an airlock containing vodka or sanitizer.


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    north south east west
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭north south east west


    I'm not actually brewing beer. I want to use them to store spring water. Just thought this would be the best forum to ask :D I have two brown demijohns that have threads in them on the outside. Corks would probably do me also.


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    redser7
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    Go with the corks, they are cheap. You could even stretch clingfilm and hold it on with a rubber band.


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    north south east west
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭north south east west


    redser7 wrote: »
    Go with the corks, they are cheap. You could even stretch clingfilm and hold it on with a rubber band.

    Thanks I will. Tried Tesco with no luck. Do you know any other shops in Dublin that would stock them?


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    redser7
    Registered Users Posts: 2,730 ✭✭✭redser7


    Surprised. The Health Stores do a limited range of HB. Otherwise online places like homebrewwest.ie

    Or you could drop this chap a line and see if he has any ...
    http://www.adverts.ie/crazy-random-stuff/lot-of-home-brewing-equipment-ingredients/2220572?notification=6a60b131b1119df330b59671b628dcd5-1352093717#comment_10875414


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    rubadub
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    In a pinch you could roll up a ball of tinfoil, fairly loosely, then squeeze it in and squish it more so it forms a plug


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