tex3030
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I started my first batch of beer about 44 hours ago. I did not have any bubbles coming up through the airlock, popped the top off after 36 hours or so and saw some bubbles on top. Put the lid back on and waited for 8 hours to let it start bubbling.
Came back and still nothing coming out of the airlock, so I started worrying. I shook the bucket and more than half the water in the airlock blew out and the airlock now looks like it is holding beer (light beer) instead of water.
For the record I was more worried about the seal not being good or the airlock somehow being stopped up.
Questions that I now have to ask:
1. Is it bad to shake the bucket of beer while sealed (doesn't seem like it would, but I have been wrong once or twice in my life)?
2. Can the "S" airlocks have too much water in them, making it too hard to let out the CO2 (and risk making a big mess)?
Came back and still nothing coming out of the airlock, so I started worrying. I shook the bucket and more than half the water in the airlock blew out and the airlock now looks like it is holding beer (light beer) instead of water.
For the record I was more worried about the seal not being good or the airlock somehow being stopped up.
Questions that I now have to ask:
1. Is it bad to shake the bucket of beer while sealed (doesn't seem like it would, but I have been wrong once or twice in my life)?
2. Can the "S" airlocks have too much water in them, making it too hard to let out the CO2 (and risk making a big mess)?