To the kind soul who recommended pint jars..

submitted almost 10 years ago by ketovape

Thank you!

Comments

8 points

by ketovapealmost 10 years ago

Time to put 400ml on the shelf for a few weeks! http://i.imgur.com/LWL2QjZ.jpg

2 points

by quakasalmost 10 years ago

Why jars??? There's too much air left in the jar, in weeks there will be no flavor.

6 points

by tranceinatealmost 10 years ago

You can vacuum seal mason jars. You can also shake them and redistribute any aroma molecules in the air back into the mix.

You're also heavily exaggerating. I have mason jars with juice a year old in them. Still tons of in your face flavor.

1 points

by ketovapealmost 10 years ago

Taking a look at my pic and assuming a really tight seal.... Any concerns?

2 points

by ketovapealmost 10 years ago

So I guess I need to fill them up? Serious question though, how fast does exposure effect flavor? wouldn't it be exposed surface area vs amount of air?

3 points

by jakeabbottalmost 10 years ago

I do 420ml in the pint jars. Leaves a little room for shaking.

1 points

by ChemicalBurnVictimalmost 10 years ago

I make 400 ml in mason jars too. It's usually gone in a couple weeks, but I never really notice a drop in flavor.

1 points

by tranceinatealmost 10 years ago

You can vacuum seal mason jars. You can also shake them and redistribute any aroma molecules in the air back into the mix.

He's also extremely exaggerating. I have too many mason jars with juice a year old in them. Still tons of in your face flavour.

Juice is good for 1-2 years. Longer if refrigerated.

1 points

by skiddlzninjaalmost 10 years agoFrugivore

Surface area exposed works for solids. The problem with liquids is that minute changes in temperature will cause them to mix, exposing more to the air. You could always cap the jars with argon and not worry about exposure since argon is inert.

2 points

by machine_monkeyalmost 10 years ago

I just did this myself last night. Wouldn't flavor loss be avoided by moving it to smaller bottles within a few days?

2 points

by quakasalmost 10 years ago

Yes that will be ok, just move them to smaller bottles for storing, keep the minimum possible air in the bottle, they should last longer, the air is responsible for nicotine oxidation/degradation and flavor loss.

1 points

by Wo0d643almost 10 years ago

I've been using mason jars for a year now. Its fine.

1 points

by queuetuealmost 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Just like sealed bottles of water don't evaporate away, the gas within the container saturates quickly and any additional favor condenses as fast as it evaporates.

My concern with mason jars is that they are a non-optimal enclosure - without vacuum pressure forcing the liner to form a seal, I'd be worried that air would infiltrate, in which the condensation I mentioned above would not happen - the screw lids don't form very much sealing pressure.

But I respect the voices below that are saying they've done it, that the seal works, and I may try this myself for extremely long storage.

1 points

by Coc_White_Ac_TLalmost 10 years agoExtractor

They have smaller mason jars. 4oz jars. They'd be perfect for that amount

3 points

by mariner289almost 10 years ago

You can also get 8 oz. and 4 oz. canning jars.

3 points

by brownmoustachealmost 10 years ago

I was thinking wine cask bladders would be ideal for storage, but they only seem to be available in lots of 10,000.

2 points

by FL-Orangealmost 10 years ago

I repurpose glass jars, my favorite being syrup jars. I have an empty bottle of Single Barrel Jack Daniels that will be next. Not too sure if I'm going to do something with the cork or just let it be.
Syrup jar (middle) from earlier this year

6 points

by urnbabyurnalmost 10 years ago

Buying single barrel jack is kinda like buying an angus burger from McDonalds. Sure it's better than the regular quarter pounder, but it's still McDonalds.

2 points

by FL-Orangealmost 10 years ago

Eh, I don't drink my whiskey straight. Works well for mixed drinks and it does taste better/smoother than regular jack or gentleman's jack. Come to think of it I'm pretty sure I have a large bottle of gentleman's that I can use.

1 points

by hairybungalmost 10 years ago

What do you guys use to transfer the juice to smaller bottles?

2 points

by ChurchOfSkatanalmost 10 years agoMixologist

Pipettes, syringes, or droppers, depending on bottle size. I'll generally mix 250-300mL into a mason jar, and then seperate into 15mL unicorn bottles using 10mL syringes.