Im on my 3rd brew and i have bad habit of not topping off enough water to compensate for hydrometer testing. On this batch i made sure to add a little extra water. It is a wheat from AHB and it is fermenting like crazy, and as of a few minutes ago, the krausen was up in the neck of the carboy. I have the rubber carboy cap and have the airlock installed in that. I've read about airlocks clogging up, and i dont want that to happen while im at work tomorrow, so i installed another airlock in the second bung as a failsafe. Bad idea or ingenius?
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nakros
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Probably not going to hurt anything, and may give you a better chance... But your best bet is definitely to ditch the airlock and hook up a blowoff tube. Guaranteed not to fail.
Really, if the krausen and blowoff is big enough to clog up one airlock, it's not a far cry from clogging up two...
Really, if the krausen and blowoff is big enough to clog up one airlock, it's not a far cry from clogging up two...
Richabt
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+1 on using a blowoff tube
rig up an airlock blowoff tube...take your bottling wand hose or other suitable one, put a small slit in it...Heat it for a few minutes in hot water to soften, then do this.
One thing that I do to all my airlocks is saw or break off the little criss/cross of plastic on the bottom of them.
then you'll be fine.
One thing that I do to all my airlocks is saw or break off the little criss/cross of plastic on the bottom of them.
then you'll be fine.
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