What are some good options for primary and secondary fermentation vessels for half batch (2.5 gallons) recipes?
At the moment half batches seem to be the best compromise between ease of brewing, expense, splitting LME, and having enough brew to share and sample. Looking around I've found the following options:
- 3.5 gallon food grade buckets
- Pros: cheap
- Cons: To much head space(?)
- 3 gallon pet Better Bottles
- Pros: correct size size
- Cons: expensive, non-opaque material
- 1 Gallon Glass Bottles
- Pros: cheap
- Cons: non-opaque material, need to further split batches, more to clean
Are there any other practical options that I might be missing?
I've looked at some other questions on the site but they don't cover the batch size I'm looking for.