ArkParty

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Thanks everybody for you replies yesterday.

It turns out everybody who replied was right. My beer started fermenting in earnest at hour 28. I just have one more question. The fermenting was so vigarous that my airlock had a bit of an overflow. I removed the airlock and attached a sanitized blowoff tube and placed the other end in a jar. Was this the wrong move? I was told that the whole fermentation process should be isolated from the outside air. Yet I read somewhere else that if you get an overflow in the first three days that you should attach a blowoff tube.

Am I right to be worried about contamination with blow off tubes????

-ArkParty

Darth Konvel

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As long as you sanitized everything, you should be good to go. I always use a blow off tube. Just a big 1" tube jammed into the mouth of the carboy running down into leftover sanitizing solution in one of the buckets I use.

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gruntingfrog

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The loose end of tube needs to be under water to keep air from coming in, although I think a bigger container than this should be used.

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Beer Snob

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Or at least a rubber band or something to keep the tube from getting out of the water. Can't see anything wrong in the setup though

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Michael

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homebrewer_99

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I can...How do you carry that carboy off of the cement driveway?

I have all my carboys in milk crates (w/several layers of carboard in the bottom of the crate for cushioning)...just trying to help...

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HB Bill

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Yeah, I've been thinking about that. So far I've been puting the carboy on a rubbermaid top and slidding it from the kitchen to the living room. Needs something that works better certainly. Might try the milkcrate next time. In Brew Ware" they show a simple setup with some wood and casters on the bottom... seems easy enough.

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Michael

"Don't worry, have a homebrew." ,"The "Bible"

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gruntingfrog

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I actually have no idea. That's not my setup. I just found the picture on the internet somewhere so I could post an example.

Maybe the guy has telekinetic powers!!!

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Fermenter 1: Blonde Ale Experiment 1 | Fermenter 2: Blonde Ale Experiment 2 | Fermenter 3: Northern English Brown | Fermenter 4: Nothing
Keg 1: Nothing | Keg 2: Nothing | Keg 3: Nothing
Bottled: Nothing

chask31

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I just lift my carboy bare handed...is that a bad idea as long as my hands are dry? One hand on the bottom and one on the neck.

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chillHayze

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That's what I do, but I only carry it about 6 feet from the closet to the kitchen. If I had to go farther or up/down stairs I would invenst in a carboy carrier to avoid stirring up the junk on the bottom that I have waited so long to settle out!

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kornkob

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I buy the carboy carriers that are a 'net' of nylon straps. Easy to use, not very expensive and does a really good job of dispersing the weight/aiding in control even walking up and down stairs.

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