Old_Brewer
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(1) I'm curious as to what you fill your airlock with?
(2) Why or from whom did you learn to fill it that way?
Thanks
(2) Why or from whom did you learn to fill it that way?
Thanks
abracadabra said:The same San Star solution I use for sanitation.
Why?
It makes the most sense economically to me. And if a little San Star were to get sucked into the wort it would provide some yeast nutirents.
Evan! said:I use piss to sanitize everything else, so I use that in the airlocks too. Why not?
Evan! said:Really? Do you also use anti-foaming agent? Because whenever I've used star-san, at least during the primary ferment when airlock activity is vigorous, the constant bubbling makes the starsan foam up (like it's supposed to) and after awhile, enough foams out of the airlock to break the positive liquid seal. I've gotten to just using the cheapest, most neutral shyte liquor I have laying around.
Chimone said:water
filled close to 100 airlocks with nothing but water and have never had an issue. But keep wasting that vodka if you guys want to.
Evan! said:It's a precautionary measure for me---I use it mostly on batches where there will be a bunch of thermal change, such as when I'm cold conditioning or lagering. I've not had anything infected from water, but really, Popov vodka is just slightly more expensive than water. I wouldn't consider it a waste. Anyway, right now, I'm using an old bottle of Bols Corenwyn that someone left at my house one time.
Chimone said:good point, Popov really is cheap as hell. Point is though, I can see an infection taking hold if you were to have a lag time of a few days. But once your beer is fermenting it really is alot harder to infect than most may think.
It's just not a very hospitable environment for nasties to take hold while fermentation is going on. And since most of us use dry yeast or a starter as Im sure you do, our lag times are only a few hours.
But theres nothing wrong with being cautious. Brewing takes some time, and it would be ashamed to have it all go to waste because of an infection.
brewnman said:Cheap Vodka
Read about it on these forums. I am using a cheap bottle that some one brought over to my house that I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole.
RockfordWhite said:Well, this is kinda off topic, but atleast i didn't start it. As for running it through a filter, i believe the mythbusters busted that one.
I did it once my Sophomore year of college, from what I remember (and i'm not making a pun at being crazy drunk) it still tasted like shyt, but alot of the harshness was gone, so it didn't sting nearly as much.
Also if you decide to filter cheap whiskey, it comes out clear, because cheap whiskey is not really whiskey, just a bunch of other liquors blended to taste like whiskey then died whiskey color.
Oh and beware and DO NOT smell the filter when you are done....i got a 20 min headache worse then any hangover i ever had, it was terrible...
On-Topic: Water...
abracadabra said:http://www.ehow.com/how_2041159_improve-vodka-filter.html?ref=fuel
http://www.elephantstaircase.com/wiki/index.php?title=BritaFilteredVodka
Mythbusters concluded that it did improve the flavor. They questioned the economics. Which if you used it one time for 1 bottle of liquor then it's not economical. But that would be like filtering 1 pitcher of water and throwing the pitcher and filter away.
These guys also thought it improved the smell and taste.
http://www.bulletinboardforum.com/m/vodka.php
Just like wine snobs think expensive wine is better so to do buyers of expensive liquor.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7187577.stm
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4131348&page=1
grasshopper1917 said:I use water here - just cause there always seems to be an abundance on hand in the tap
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