livingwideopen
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Hello,
My wife bought me the beginner kit for my birthday, and used the Baron's Lager kit that came with everything. I wish I would have found this forum before I started because now I'm sure I've got some problems.
The thing is, I followed the directions, and it says for primary fermentation to seal the lid on the pail after adding the yeast, which I did. The problem is, there is no hole in the lid, it's actually a sealed system. To me it didn't seem right, because I was wondering where the gases created were going to go, but I re-checked the instructions and I never seen anything different. But I was quite bothered by it, and then started searching and realizing I probably did something wrong. Unfortunately, nobody else seems to be this much of a newb and put a sealed pail lid on with no air lock, so I don't know what to do to rectify the situation.
I do have a 6 gallon carboy with an airlock system that I can use but I don't know if it would be proper to transfer now.
I'm pretty sure if I leave it I will have a beer volcano soon, so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
My wife bought me the beginner kit for my birthday, and used the Baron's Lager kit that came with everything. I wish I would have found this forum before I started because now I'm sure I've got some problems.
The thing is, I followed the directions, and it says for primary fermentation to seal the lid on the pail after adding the yeast, which I did. The problem is, there is no hole in the lid, it's actually a sealed system. To me it didn't seem right, because I was wondering where the gases created were going to go, but I re-checked the instructions and I never seen anything different. But I was quite bothered by it, and then started searching and realizing I probably did something wrong. Unfortunately, nobody else seems to be this much of a newb and put a sealed pail lid on with no air lock, so I don't know what to do to rectify the situation.
I do have a 6 gallon carboy with an airlock system that I can use but I don't know if it would be proper to transfer now.
I'm pretty sure if I leave it I will have a beer volcano soon, so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!