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The silicone is flexible, so it will flap down over the gap left by the paper. As for the concern about rapid fermentation blowing krausen out of the fermenter and getting the silicone stuck in the "open" position, my solution is not to fill the vessel to the top.

A few months ago, I got interested in using waterless airlocks to avoid the hassle of dealing with an extra liquid outside the carboy. I thought about buying some, but didn't want to pay $8 shipping for $3 items. So, I decided to make them myself. I've just written the whole thing up with...

I think that the flavor is the combination of the "normal" beer and bacteria producing a vinegary taste. If I let it go further, the bacteria will convert more of the alcohol to acetic acid and make it bad.

I had a difficult experience setting up a brew a couple of weeks ago; I was working with a new set of equipment and found that one of my utensils was impossible to soak in sanitizing fluid. I washed it thoroughly with soap and water, but was never confident that it was quite perfect...

I want to test making slightly different variations on a few recipes. I want a dozen or so cheap, smallish containers to do this with. I'm considering wine bottles for this purpose. Does anyone know of a pressure relief valve that is intended to fit a wine bottle? I need to make sure that...