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My airlock was able to sit just inside the top of the glass carboy, so there was a seal, just not airtight such as what I would have had if I used the rubber stopper. I will add a picture if possible in a future post so people can see what I mean. Essentially, the opening in the carboy that I...

Roger that!

The small glass and plastic device (that you half fill with water) sat in the whole at the top of the carboy, without the stopper. This is my first batch.

I had to try it... it's really clean and seems to have the slightest amount of carbonation (it's been bottled for 3 days), really nice flavour. Maybe it's ok?

It sat inside and there was a seal, but it was a glass on glass contact seal.

I didn't taste the beer before bottling, I have yet to taste it. The entire time the beer was in the glass carboy it had no stopper. Just bought one and also found the one that came with my kit... so now I have two and will definitely put one of them to for batch #2. It was my first batch so I...

This might sound crazy, but I didn't use (directions didn't indicate to use one) a rubber stopper for my batch... the bung and airlock were resting on top of the glass carboy... has anyone else made this mistake? If so, what should I expect the results to be?? I bottled the beer 3 days ago and...