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So I left the stopper in. It was one of the light brown rubber ones, not the white silicone rubber type. No signs of infection at this point. Fermentation is still going on this one but I have two other carboys that I'll be reracking this weekend so i'm thinking I might as well rack this one...

Yea you're probably right. I didn't want to stress the yeast by adding meta and reracking at this point but also wanted to try to minimize any risk of contamination. I am worried that since its running at low temp I have atleast another 3 weeks before fermentation is complete. The idea of...

Hey all, Currently have 3 5 gallon batchs 2 weeks into fermentation. Everything has been going fine except for this one pesky airlock that has snuck off a couple times. Lets just say last night I got a little overzealous putting it back in because the rubber stopper is now in the carboy. Not...