I bought a beer kit from my LHBS, and I didn't know that the bucket lid didn't have an airlock hole until brew-day (didn't look all that closely, beforehand)
I called the store and they said "it's better without an airlock for primary". I assume it's not much worse than a bucket with a lid, but is it better?
I definitely don't like the lack of airlock since I can't see the CO2 bubbling away in an airlock, which makes me nervous that it's not fermenting properly (i quickly peaked after 20hrs, and there was about 3" of krausen, so it's fermenting)
Anybody have experience with both with and without an airlock? What did you prefer? And why? (this reminds me of high school essays)
I called the store and they said "it's better without an airlock for primary". I assume it's not much worse than a bucket with a lid, but is it better?
I definitely don't like the lack of airlock since I can't see the CO2 bubbling away in an airlock, which makes me nervous that it's not fermenting properly (i quickly peaked after 20hrs, and there was about 3" of krausen, so it's fermenting)
Anybody have experience with both with and without an airlock? What did you prefer? And why? (this reminds me of high school essays)