Abiqua
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This is my container I am currently using. Which is 2.5 gallons I think.
I stuff it solid to about 3/4's and add water about 2 inches above this. Usually about 1-1.25 gallons.
Then I airlock it and when the airlock slows it movement and fermentation slows down, I usually bottle it and keep it cool and in the dark.
Here I am starting a new round, with fresh Nettle, American Vetch [upper right], Purple Peavine [lower left] and Hounds-tongue [lower right] HT is in the borage family and very closed related to comfrey. In the Half Gallon mason is some 6 month old Nettle/Horsetail rot, that I am using to charge the New Mix.
It took me a few years to identify all this stuff, but all weedy out in the clearcuts near me. I pick it for free.
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Nice fungal mass developed during the "retting" process...I let it sit and rot before I stuff it in the jug sometimes. [Hounds-tongue]
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Here is the brewer's trap, just a one way valve. You can use a tube and water in an S shape for DIY.
[P.s. normally, I have the trap vertical.......not perpendicular to the container, however, I lost a big cork, so this will have to do for now!]
More to follow, just wanted to get this up![Peace :peace: :peace:](/styles/smilies/peace.gif)
I stuff it solid to about 3/4's and add water about 2 inches above this. Usually about 1-1.25 gallons.
Then I airlock it and when the airlock slows it movement and fermentation slows down, I usually bottle it and keep it cool and in the dark.
Here I am starting a new round, with fresh Nettle, American Vetch [upper right], Purple Peavine [lower left] and Hounds-tongue [lower right] HT is in the borage family and very closed related to comfrey. In the Half Gallon mason is some 6 month old Nettle/Horsetail rot, that I am using to charge the New Mix.
It took me a few years to identify all this stuff, but all weedy out in the clearcuts near me. I pick it for free.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollitup.org%2Fdata%2Fattachments%2F2253%2F2253315-a9cbc0cb87a799f2420b1a5facca9128.jpg&hash=3e81141f9f6812a5bc7827b1b43f2960)
Nice fungal mass developed during the "retting" process...I let it sit and rot before I stuff it in the jug sometimes. [Hounds-tongue]
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollitup.org%2Fdata%2Fattachments%2F2253%2F2253317-7d291de47d5d74455a06d7c29ecf337a.jpg&hash=7a4010099fc7441622c8a12e4de97612)
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[P.s. normally, I have the trap vertical.......not perpendicular to the container, however, I lost a big cork, so this will have to do for now!]
More to follow, just wanted to get this up
![Peace :peace: :peace:](/styles/smilies/peace.gif)
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