in my 6gal brew bucket i did a 5 gal batch of belgian dark strong.
pitched a 1 quart starter from 2 wyeast smack packs of the belgian strong yeast 1388
8 hours later the S type airlock had a bunch of crud inside, so i took it off and rinsed it out, came back and foam was starting to ooze out of the hole where the rubber stopper jams into.
am i going to need an airlock? and can I use my siphon hose to jam into the rubber stopper my airlock goes into? If not I was thinking to flip the S airlock upside down, and have the bottom of the airlock stem coming out the top of the rubber stopper, attach my siphon hose to that and have the S airlock inside the brew bucket upside down.
5 gallon batch, but maybe went over 5 gallons by a a quart or so since i filled to my 5gal mark before adding my starter!
pitched a 1 quart starter from 2 wyeast smack packs of the belgian strong yeast 1388
8 hours later the S type airlock had a bunch of crud inside, so i took it off and rinsed it out, came back and foam was starting to ooze out of the hole where the rubber stopper jams into.
am i going to need an airlock? and can I use my siphon hose to jam into the rubber stopper my airlock goes into? If not I was thinking to flip the S airlock upside down, and have the bottom of the airlock stem coming out the top of the rubber stopper, attach my siphon hose to that and have the S airlock inside the brew bucket upside down.
5 gallon batch, but maybe went over 5 gallons by a a quart or so since i filled to my 5gal mark before adding my starter!