Blow off tubing?
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Nuggethead
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Depends on how far your bucket is away from the fermenter. My tubing is 3' long and blows into a water jug next to the fermenter.
If the tubing is too long it will tend to coil up.
Mine is about 3' long and is a large radius.
It is nearly vertical in the "airlock adapter" and vertical into the
blowoff pitcher with a slight radius on the end to allow flow.
What kind of tubing are you using?
Mine is vinyl and seemed plenty cheap enough.
Mine is about 3' long and is a large radius.
It is nearly vertical in the "airlock adapter" and vertical into the
blowoff pitcher with a slight radius on the end to allow flow.
What kind of tubing are you using?
Mine is vinyl and seemed plenty cheap enough.
Nuggethead
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Blow-off tubing gets pretty gunky and you can soak and brush out a 3" piece, but a 10' piece will be impossible to clean properly and could not be used for anything else thats "crafty".
My blow off tubes are only 2-2.5' long. And here's a link for a kegging site that has tubing brushes 66" long I'm going to get for cleaning my racking,blow off tubes; http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/cleaning-equipment/tools.shtml
It can be,yeah. Initial fermentation can be 12-15 hours to 5 days.
How do you brew more beer when you use your brew kettle for the blowoff tube??? 
I use a milk jug with about 1/4 full of star san. It can get gross and I don't want that crap in my brew kettle. But yes...that length of tube looks good. I like having my tube go directly into the hole in the lid. I think it's 5/16 OD tube that fits.
I use a milk jug with about 1/4 full of star san. It can get gross and I don't want that crap in my brew kettle. But yes...that length of tube looks good. I like having my tube go directly into the hole in the lid. I think it's 5/16 OD tube that fits.
Lol that's all I have to use right now. The wife won't let me use her pots and I don't have an empty milk jug right now. It's so wired thought I installed the blow off tube and now it's not blowing over any more, and it's venting so slow I hope I didn't ruin it at all.
No,it's not ruined. Initial fermentation is usually over when all the insane bubbling slows or stops. It'll then slowly,uneventfully creep down to FG. Then give it 3-7 days to clean up & settle out clear or slightly misty.
Yup. That'll do fine. Be smart,stay safe over there. If you see a weapons trainer named Sam that's gray haired,tell him I said howdy. He's my nephew.
