RnQBrew
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Last weekend I started 2 new batches, an IPA on friday night, and a wheat on saturday morning
Both are fermenting in better bottle carboys.
On Sunday when I checked on them, the IPA had krausen in the airlock- so I took the rubber stopper out, cleaned it and the airlock, sanitized them, and put them back on. 5 minutes later and the airlock was full of krausen AGAIN!
So this time I took the stopper out, cleaned and sanitized, and attached my siphoning tube (which I also cleaned and sanitized) to the airlock and submerged the other end in a bucket of water for a blow-off tube.
a day later, the IPA had slowed down, but now my wheat's airlock was full of krausen!!! So I switched them: took off both rubber stoppers, cleaned and sanitized EVERYTHING, put the airlock back on to the IPA, and the blow-off onto the wheat.
2 days later, the IPA's airlock is filled with krausen AGAIN. so I cleaned and sanitized the stopper and airlock, AGAIN, and cut the blow-off tube in half, sanitized it, and attached it to the IPA's airlock to create a blow-off for that one.
Now both of my carboys have blow-off tubes running into the same bucket of water.
Adventures in brewing I guess. I think from now on I'm just going to use a blow-off tube right from the start.
With all the removing of, cleaning of, and replacing of the stoppers, is there much chance that any nasties could've gotten into my carboys? I did all the procedures as quickly and efficiently as possible... didn't really know what else to do under the circumstances.
Both are fermenting in better bottle carboys.
On Sunday when I checked on them, the IPA had krausen in the airlock- so I took the rubber stopper out, cleaned it and the airlock, sanitized them, and put them back on. 5 minutes later and the airlock was full of krausen AGAIN!
So this time I took the stopper out, cleaned and sanitized, and attached my siphoning tube (which I also cleaned and sanitized) to the airlock and submerged the other end in a bucket of water for a blow-off tube.
a day later, the IPA had slowed down, but now my wheat's airlock was full of krausen!!! So I switched them: took off both rubber stoppers, cleaned and sanitized EVERYTHING, put the airlock back on to the IPA, and the blow-off onto the wheat.
2 days later, the IPA's airlock is filled with krausen AGAIN. so I cleaned and sanitized the stopper and airlock, AGAIN, and cut the blow-off tube in half, sanitized it, and attached it to the IPA's airlock to create a blow-off for that one.
Now both of my carboys have blow-off tubes running into the same bucket of water.
Adventures in brewing I guess. I think from now on I'm just going to use a blow-off tube right from the start.
With all the removing of, cleaning of, and replacing of the stoppers, is there much chance that any nasties could've gotten into my carboys? I did all the procedures as quickly and efficiently as possible... didn't really know what else to do under the circumstances.