I had a normal airlock at first, and tried to put in a blowoff hose. I guess enough pressure had built up in there that it kind of exploded.
So I'm just not sure if I should be worried about the quality of the batch now, or if I did something wrong in the first place for there to be that...
Hello,
So I cooked up the first batch last night. Just under 5 gallons in a 5 gallon glass carboy. I realized that I had reason for concern and decided to replace the fermentation lock with a blowoff hose today. I bought the necessary plastic tubing and removed the rubber cork from the...