Andy_Burbank
Well-Known Member
Can you put too much water in the airlock? I put too much and it doesn't bubble, if I just take out some of the water with a straw will it have been affected?
Okay, but even if I never dumped the water out, which I will, does it affect the brew or is it just letting you know what's happening in the process?
Can you put too much water in the airlock? I put too much and it doesn't bubble, if I just take out some of the water with a straw will it have been affected?
Okay, but even if I never dumped the water out, which I will, does it affect the brew or is it just letting you know what's happening in the process?
I use either vodka or grain alcohol cut 50/50 with Starsan in my airlocks now. A little added insurance!...
I use either vodka or grain alcohol cut 50/50 with Starsan in my airlocks now. A little added insurance!...
It's not really added insurance though...
Cutting starsan by 50% means it's pH is likely too high to be effective.
And cutting a ~40% abv liquor by 50% means your alcohol concentration isn't enough to kill anything. There's a reason labs use ~70% ethanol to kill stuff.
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