I have just bought this nice 6 gallon fermentor in Spain.
The top of it has 2 parts....a blue part that kinda clicks on to the neck of the fermentor and then this black screw-on part that kinda makes sure it wont come off.
I really dont wanna cut a hole on that blue plastic because it is some kind of fine (and soft) plastic.
Can I just loosely screw the black part on and maybe wrap the top of the fermentor in aluminium foil and just ferment it like that with success?
Any thoughts on this?
UPDATE: A friend eventually cut a hole on it.....a slightly loose one, meaning that it sits in the whole firmly, but you need really little force to pull it out....so the Co2 will probably just come through that hole (By now there should be activity in the valve). I am wondering if that's okay...
By the way...krausen never reaches the valve..so that's not an issue.
The top of it has 2 parts....a blue part that kinda clicks on to the neck of the fermentor and then this black screw-on part that kinda makes sure it wont come off.
I really dont wanna cut a hole on that blue plastic because it is some kind of fine (and soft) plastic.
Can I just loosely screw the black part on and maybe wrap the top of the fermentor in aluminium foil and just ferment it like that with success?
Any thoughts on this?
UPDATE: A friend eventually cut a hole on it.....a slightly loose one, meaning that it sits in the whole firmly, but you need really little force to pull it out....so the Co2 will probably just come through that hole (By now there should be activity in the valve). I am wondering if that's okay...
By the way...krausen never reaches the valve..so that's not an issue.