On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 05:03:35 +0000 (UTC), "PieOPah"
<simon.argent@gmail.com> wrote:
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>My airlock is now happily bubbling away. During the night it seems some of
>the 'beer' has managed to get in. Guess the foam inside is getting too much![/color]

Time for a blow off tube? It is easy enough to rinse the airlock and
start over. I use carboys and if I didn't put in a blow off tube
they would spout foam all over. Less of a concern with a bucket.

Mine is a 1/2 gallon jug sitting in a bowl (in case the first line of
defense is broached) with a tube going from the stopper to the jug and
a little liquid sanitizer in the bottom. Serves as an airlock - the
sanitizer tends to kill the foam.

The tubes get gunky after a few uses. Fill them with liquid sanitizer
between uses and just rinse them before use. When I shut down
operations for the season, I run a brush on a wire pull through them,
or just throw them out and get new ones. Keeping them wetted makes
them much easier to clean.

If you have some cheap whiskey, filling the airlock with it will
prevent the fermenter from ingesting a bacteria when a temperature
change causes it to reverse pressure. (in a long conditioning
secondary stage)


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