abgogal
New Member
I'm sort of new at this brewing thing and have a question. Right now I have an Oktoberfest (extract) batch fermenting in my primary bucket. I'm told it's a good idea to cold crash this beer before bottling. Okay. But as everyone knows a 5 gal bucket doesn't fit into a mini fridge. But when I started this brew I bought 5 1-gal containers of spring water. I discovered those 5 jugs will fit nicely into the fridge. So is there anything wrong with breaking up my beer into 1/5th and refilling those 1 gal jugs I have then after 3-4 days pour them back into my brewing bucket on bottling day? Of course I can't put an air lock on the jugs, but if I back off the caps a bit every day to check if there's any gas buildup, should I be okay?