ChshreCat
Well-Known Member
I got to thinking about my batch of apfelwein I have going. It mixed everything up in an ale pail, lidded it and put on my airlock on Wednesday. Thursday evening I had bubbles in the airlock, not a lot but some. Friday it was still. This morning, still no bubbling. I'm not really worrying yet, but I got to thinking...
When I started assembling the batch, I didn't realize that I didn't have the proper sized stopper for the fermenter I wanted to use, so I used a different one that doesn't have a gasket on the lid. It's just a tight fitting (I thought) plastic lid that snaps on the bucket. Could it be that the lid isn't quite making a seal and the CO2 is leaking between the lid and bucket?
It would make sense that after 24 hours it could be fermenting hard enough to build up pressure to escape through the airlock, but then after settling down it's just leaking around the lid.
When I started assembling the batch, I didn't realize that I didn't have the proper sized stopper for the fermenter I wanted to use, so I used a different one that doesn't have a gasket on the lid. It's just a tight fitting (I thought) plastic lid that snaps on the bucket. Could it be that the lid isn't quite making a seal and the CO2 is leaking between the lid and bucket?
It would make sense that after 24 hours it could be fermenting hard enough to build up pressure to escape through the airlock, but then after settling down it's just leaking around the lid.