My buddy just recently became excited about trying homebrew. My 6.5 gallon carboy has a brown nut ale in it, so we went to buy him his own today. The local store only had 5 gallon carboys, so he bought a bucket with a cover instead (we now have a red ale in the bucket).
The cover does not have an airlock and is most definitely not air tight. I'm in the long primary camp, so would like to leave the red ale in the bucket for 3-4 weeks.
What is the general consensus on long primaries NOT under airlock?
The cover does not have an airlock and is most definitely not air tight. I'm in the long primary camp, so would like to leave the red ale in the bucket for 3-4 weeks.
What is the general consensus on long primaries NOT under airlock?