polamalu43
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Hello,
First post here, but Ive been reading through all the stickies on this forumgreat stuff.
Last week, I brewed my first beer using a Brewers Best Weizen kit and Im hoping that all went well. I have a few concerns.
First, on my plastic primary fermenter lid, there is a tiny black ring that holds the airlock in place. After not seeing bubbles for a few days after brewing, I thought all hope was lost. Then, I read the stickies about fermentation, and I was relieved. It turned out that fermentation did, in fact, take place as evidenced by my FG and the krausen ring in the fermenter. The ring was there roughly four days after fermentation, but there was no longer any krausen on the top of the wort.
Heres my problem: the black ring (gasket?) that holds the airlock got pushed down and landed the wort when I very first sealed it in the fermenter. While the airlock stayed in place it never bubbled because without a gasket, air could escape. Thus, the wort was never fully sealed in airtight environment. Will this be an issue?
In addition, though I sterilized everything (including the fermenter lid), would there be bacteria in the black ring that could have infected my wort once it fell in?
My third and final question on this topic is the following: will I need a new fermenter lid with a functioning airlock because without it A) I cannot see if fermentation is taking place without opening up my fermenter and B) it doesnt technically seal the beer in airtight environment?
I tasted my beer after one week in the primary just before I bottled it. It seemed to have some off-flavors. I may post more questions on that under a different thread.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
First post here, but Ive been reading through all the stickies on this forumgreat stuff.
Last week, I brewed my first beer using a Brewers Best Weizen kit and Im hoping that all went well. I have a few concerns.
First, on my plastic primary fermenter lid, there is a tiny black ring that holds the airlock in place. After not seeing bubbles for a few days after brewing, I thought all hope was lost. Then, I read the stickies about fermentation, and I was relieved. It turned out that fermentation did, in fact, take place as evidenced by my FG and the krausen ring in the fermenter. The ring was there roughly four days after fermentation, but there was no longer any krausen on the top of the wort.
Heres my problem: the black ring (gasket?) that holds the airlock got pushed down and landed the wort when I very first sealed it in the fermenter. While the airlock stayed in place it never bubbled because without a gasket, air could escape. Thus, the wort was never fully sealed in airtight environment. Will this be an issue?
In addition, though I sterilized everything (including the fermenter lid), would there be bacteria in the black ring that could have infected my wort once it fell in?
My third and final question on this topic is the following: will I need a new fermenter lid with a functioning airlock because without it A) I cannot see if fermentation is taking place without opening up my fermenter and B) it doesnt technically seal the beer in airtight environment?
I tasted my beer after one week in the primary just before I bottled it. It seemed to have some off-flavors. I may post more questions on that under a different thread.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
