Recent content by chchad

Ah, I see. My lid doesn't have any gasket either, but it fits incredibly tight. Like I have to put most of my weight on it to make it snap shut.

I have the same Brewers Best Ale Pail and yes, the hole in the lid has a rubber gasket and the airlock is very tight. I planned on moving it to a carboy after a week or so.

Yes, just one pack of Nottingham. I chilled the wort to about 72 degrees, then poured it into the bucket, let it sit a minute or so and sprinkled in the yeast. It was very foamy when I added the yeast. And I may have had about 5.5 gallons of wort in there.

So with all the talk about cleaning and sanitizing this and that, the lid being off for so long won't affect anything?

Made my first batch of Brewers Best IPA on Sunday. Everything went awesome, well except my buddy broke my hydrometer, but other than that. Filled my 6.5 fermentation bucket, put on the lid and the airlock filled with purified water. All was right in the world. Sometime yesterday, the lid blew...