Hello,
I am an absolute beginner so bare with me experts.
I recently bought a kit from my local homebrew store. My concern is, my primary fermenter did not have a hole in the lid for an airlock, which in most cases I had read online, it should.
The lid was just a sit loosely on the bucket lid. So you could not form a tight seal with it.
So, upon reading the instructions the homebrew store provided, it said to allow to ferment for 2-3 days in the loose top bucket, then transfer to the carboy with the airlock for final fermentation.
So I did this, and everything seems fine (carboy is bubbling away).. but I am just concerned that this method is something I should not continue with?? It just seems off, as everything I had read, does not conform to this method..
Thanks for any advice.
Ashley
fyi - I am using a kit, Coopers English Bitter. to keep things simple for my first batch. then slowly I want to move to more advanced methods.
I am an absolute beginner so bare with me experts.
I recently bought a kit from my local homebrew store. My concern is, my primary fermenter did not have a hole in the lid for an airlock, which in most cases I had read online, it should.
The lid was just a sit loosely on the bucket lid. So you could not form a tight seal with it.
So, upon reading the instructions the homebrew store provided, it said to allow to ferment for 2-3 days in the loose top bucket, then transfer to the carboy with the airlock for final fermentation.
So I did this, and everything seems fine (carboy is bubbling away).. but I am just concerned that this method is something I should not continue with?? It just seems off, as everything I had read, does not conform to this method..
Thanks for any advice.
Ashley
fyi - I am using a kit, Coopers English Bitter. to keep things simple for my first batch. then slowly I want to move to more advanced methods.