zippe
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Total beginner here.
I'm attempting to brew homemade rum and I have a few questions regarding fermentation. I'm fermenting the rum in large glass jugs and using pricked balloons as fermentation locks (primitive, I know).
I've already started fermentation for a trial batch and so far it is going reasonably well. The liquid is rapidly bubbling (I'm using Alcotec 48 hour turbo yeast) and the balloons are effectively releasing the generated CO2. My only concern is this: the fermenting mixture appears to be losing some volume. Is volume reduction normal during fermentation due to the chemical changes taking place? Another possibility is that some of the newly produced alcohol is slowly evaporating and escaping through the balloon along with the carbon dioxide. Web searching has yielded no answers.
As I mentioned before, I'm a total beginner and I'm not exactly competent. Advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
I'm attempting to brew homemade rum and I have a few questions regarding fermentation. I'm fermenting the rum in large glass jugs and using pricked balloons as fermentation locks (primitive, I know).
I've already started fermentation for a trial batch and so far it is going reasonably well. The liquid is rapidly bubbling (I'm using Alcotec 48 hour turbo yeast) and the balloons are effectively releasing the generated CO2. My only concern is this: the fermenting mixture appears to be losing some volume. Is volume reduction normal during fermentation due to the chemical changes taking place? Another possibility is that some of the newly produced alcohol is slowly evaporating and escaping through the balloon along with the carbon dioxide. Web searching has yielded no answers.
As I mentioned before, I'm a total beginner and I'm not exactly competent. Advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.