secinarot

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I almost gave myself a heart attack last night. I was fumbling around in the basement looking for something, not noticing the carboy full of BM's Centennial Blonde sitting next to me. I picked up a box and as I was swinging around to lay it down, I whacked the airlock on the carboy, cracking it all the way down to the tip - it's contents seeping into the beer! Thank goodness I had filled the airlock with vodka so no harm done!

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Primary: None
Secondary: None
Bottled: Yuengling clone, Hoppy Pilgrim IPA, Janet's Brown, Bourbon Smoked Porter
On Deck: Pale Ale

Evan!

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Hell, even if it had been water, the possibility of anything terribly bad happening to your beer are close to nil (unless you had, for some reason, filled the airlock with lye). Especially with a beer like that American Blonde, which will get drunk up too soon for any possibility of infection to really make a difference.

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MOSS HOLLOW BREWING CO.
Aristocratic Ales, Lascivious Lagers

.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier
.primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown
.on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)

Marius

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Great idea, since my first batch drunk the whole airlock water + sanitizer solution I always fill it with Vodka just in case.

Rick500

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Yep, me too. But next time I'm switching to really cheap vodka.

Hegh

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I always use star-san in the airlock, since whatever small amount is in there wouldn't make a difference if it got sucked into the beer.

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Triple Cat Brewery

Primary: AHS Oktoberfest, Orfy's English Mild
On Tap: EdWort's Apfelwein, NB's Oatmeal Stout, NB's Spiced Winter Ale, Fuller's London Porter Clone, Yooper's Fizzy Yellow Beer, KingBrianI's Caramel Amber

"Bravery is not a function of fire power." ~J.C. Denton

Zen_Brew

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Beer is our friend. Go ahead and use the Grey Goose or the Chopin.

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Primary: German Hef, Belgian IPA, Scottish 80, Belgian Dubbel
On Tap: Oatmeal Stout, Vanilla Oatmeal Stout, Belgian Dark Strong, Munich Dunkel, Dunkel Weizen, Oktoberfest, Bock, IPA, Black IPA, English IPA, Pale Ale

Using the mind to look for reality is delusion. Using your senses to look for reality is awareness.

"One time I was so desperate for a beer I snuck into the football stadium and ate the dirt under the bleachers." Homer Simpson

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Hoppiness

justinh85

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+1. I use Absolute

joety

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Ditto, I am using Absolute, only because I'm too lazy to pickup something cheaper and I'd rather sacrifice the Absolute over the Ketel One.

To makeup for my largess in this area, I've been recycling the vodka from batch to batch, only topping up. I do sanitize a new airlock each time, but I pour it from the old to the new and top up.



Edit: Nothing is wasted. If I don't have an opportunity to recycle, I make myself a drink.

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Conical 1 - Belgian Stout
Conical 2 - Empty
Carboys - American Original Pale Ale
Secondaries - Empty
Kegged: Resurrection Milk Stout, House IPA, Strong Golden Tripel Summer Ale,Through a Mild Darkly, Schwarzbier, Gulden Draak, Alpha King, EdWort's Haus Pale, BLC
Bottled: Oaked Bourbon Porter
Planned: Kolsch II
Now Open: My new 10 gallon Kal inspired RIMS brewery

Rick500

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Someone gave me a really awful bottle of whiskey. I wonder...No, it'd stink up the beer.

Hegh

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How would it stink up the beer? Air goes out the airlock

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Triple Cat Brewery

Primary: AHS Oktoberfest, Orfy's English Mild
On Tap: EdWort's Apfelwein, NB's Oatmeal Stout, NB's Spiced Winter Ale, Fuller's London Porter Clone, Yooper's Fizzy Yellow Beer, KingBrianI's Caramel Amber

"Bravery is not a function of fire power." ~J.C. Denton