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I had a similar thing happen to me. It just turned out to be a leaky seal on my bucket, and when i racked to a 5 gal. glass carboy, I had the normal air lock activity. So, after that, I went and bought a 6.5 gal. glass carboy for primary, and haven't had any troubles. My leaky bucket brew...

If you're worried about the hop sediment, you can always buy a nylon hop/grain bag from your LHBS, which just acts like a big tea bag, and then when you're done with the hops, squeeze out all the wort from the bag (like you would with tea) by wrapping it around a large metal spoon or with a...

I'm hoping someone can explain what was going on here, and assure me that my beer will turn out ok: I just recently purchased a new air lock, an s bubble type, and I used it on my primary fermenter bucket with an IPA using a Wyeast activator pack that had swelled nicely before pitching...