Bung Stuck in Carboy

[Mosesdanger]

I brewed up a milk stout last week. I pushed it pretty far in but not into the beer. I went to take a hydro sample today and I can't get the bung out. I even broke my airlock trying to use it as leverage to get it out. Thankfully I have a spare airlock. I tried to use a pair of sanitized needlenose pliers.

Any ideas?

 

[weirdboy]

Have you got a hammer?


Were you able to pull out the remaining bits of the old airlock?

 

[jonmohno]

use a big fishhook

 

[bad67z]

I used a sanitized wire coat hanger, needle nose pliers and made a small hook.

 

[TheBrewinator]

Can you drill a small bit into the bung where its thick then grab it with a pliers and try to pull it out. Other than that, if you don't mind destroying it you can drill a big bit into the center to get better grip and probably get it out.

 

[Mosesdanger]

Thank y'all! I love this website. Problem solved in 5 minutes.

@thebrewinator
The drill worked perfectly. Thank you.

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