Bucket lid

[bd2xu]

On my second batch now where active ferm is definitely going but I don't see any bubbling in air lock so I guess it's escaping through the lid somehow. Should I worry about this?

 

[bd2xu]

I should add that the batch before these two had a blow off into the airlock. Same bucket and lid. This batch is going, I can smell it intensely when I open the lid to my new totally awesome chest freezer ferm chamber, I THINK I can even hear the fizzing. This time using a blow off tube in a bucket of water but nothing happening in the bucket.

 

[LandoLincoln]

On my second batch now where active ferm is definitely going but I don't see any bubbling in air lock so I guess it's escaping through the lid somehow. Should I worry about this?

Short answer: No.
Long answer: Nope.

 

[DerekTC]

Not at all. I know people who do open fermentations (no lid at all!).

Your beer will be just fine.

 

[bd2xu]

Cool I figured that, as long as the air is going out then none should be going in. I like to see the bubbling in the airlock though, it's satisfying.

I've visited one brewery, Great Divide in Denver. My favorite part was the blow off tube in a 5 gallon bucket, bubbling like a jacuzzi.

 

[KISS Brew]

Short answer: No.
Long answer: Nope.

You could also say "El Noparino", if you're not into that whole brevity thing.

 

[bd2xu]

well I went ahead and got a second primary bucket, this one is much better. Skinnier and taller (still 6.5 gallons) but the lid has a rubber gasket... makes sense...

 

[Peppers16]

The whole 'perfectly airtight fermentation' thing is a relatively new phenomenon. You'll be fine, it'll still be holding back a whole load of CO2 so you shouldn't expect any oxygenation.
I wouldn't age it in a bucket for a year or anything like that, though