A 5-gallon stoneware pickling crock from Gardener’s Supply Company, the heavy lead-free ceramic vessel sized for serious home fermenting — batches of sauerkraut from a full cabbage harvest, bulk pickles from a garden cucumber haul, or large kombucha second-ferments. The thick walls hold an even cool temperature through the fermentation cycle.
This is the crock for the once-a-season fermenter who’s tired of working through ten quart jars when one vessel would do. Heavy enough to stay put on a basement floor or pantry shelf without bumping; food-safe glazing inside that doesn’t leach into the brine.
Stocked at Lehman’s, the Kidron Ohio Amish-country homesteading supply — Made in the USA stoneware in the heritage shape.
