Airlock

[BootYtRappeR]

For the past week on average how many times a day did you stop and sniff your airlock?

I have my carboys sitting on a small table in the kitchen which I pass by constantly. I love the smell of my brew as it's bubbling!

 

[sirsloop]

We need a "0".... I dont really smell em. My place stinks like a brewery already without putting my nose down a double bubbler...LOL

 

[DaddyB]

I thought I was the only one... shoulda known!

 

[the_bird]

I've begun filling the airlocks with vodka instead of water, which I think I'm going to stop doing. Now, I just smell alcohol instead of fermenting beer. The loss of that aroma isn't worth the small additional risk of contamination, IMHO!

 

[SteveM]

I'm another "0" guy. I inspect for activity but I don't sniff.

 

[G. Cretin]

20+ I can't keep my face away from it.

 

[nosnhojr]

I'm in the '0' camp. My carboys are sitting in a temp-controlled chest freezer, and I open it once a week or so to either check on things or rack primary->secondary or secondary->keg. It always smells great opening the freezer.

One note: I was keeping grains and whatnot in the freezer as well, and some fruit flies got in there and multiplied. When I next checked, there were probably 20 of them down in the bottom of the freezer, along with two bubbling carboys. Can you see where this is headed? I got a roll of paper towels and went in after them, but nearly fainted after a minute with my head stuck down in the CO2!

 

[Blender]

I have switched to blow off tubes since I use a 6 gallon carboy. I can't smell much but I do check my baby once per day.

 

[david_42]

I can't walk into the house without thinking, "What is the smell?" Then I remember the balckberry wine in the kitchen.

 

[Monster Mash]

I have 25 gallons inside of a refridgerator, if I opened the door and smelled it I would probably pass out from inhaling Co2.

I just look through the glass to see if there is activity.....