Blow off tube

[Justin80]

I've had my carboy going on 5 weeks now. After first day I had to replace airlock with blow off tube. No big deal. Should I have taken the blow off tube out after things settled down and put back in place the airlock?

 

[kh54s10]

No need to remove the blow off tube. Think of it as a giant airlock. :rockin:

 

[Screech]

If you are going to cold crash your beer then I would take the blow off tube out and replace it with the airlock due to suck back, otherwise, just leave the blow off tube in there.

Kevin

 

[jbaysurfer]

No need to remove the blow off tube. Think of it as a giant airlock. :rockin:

This. If I do switch to an airlock from a blowoff tube, I like to do it while the blow off tube is still bubbling several times a minute. This way you know the postive pressure of the escaping c02 will prevent any chance of oxidation during the switch.

It's probably overly anal, but I just try to reduce the chance for oxidation whenever possible.

 

[Justin80]

Awesome. Thanks for the response.