'Fess up! Who is guilty of staring at the damned airlock??

[Tripod]

Greetings All!

I know I'm still new at this...but I am freekin' mesmerized and nearly hypnotized by the bubbling air-lock! My wife is worried that she can no longer lure me away with her feminine wiles!

Who's guilty? Confess and you shall be free!

-Tripod

 

[Tripod]

Whoops! I spelled guilty wrong. One day I'll learn how to type and drink at the same time...

 

[toddrod]

I can do it for hours

 

[EvilTOJ]

I'll admit it, as long as you admit that you've also sniffed the airlock.

C'mon, I know you have.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

I'm also guilty of staring at the yeast blizzard going on in my carboy as well.

 

[DD2000GT]

I'll admit it, as long as you admit that you've also sniffed the airlock.

C'mon, I know you have.

I have a very hoppy American IPA going in my primary currently - you bet your biffy I have been sniffing that airlock! Wonderful hop aroma is being painfully drained out of my IPA...

 

[jmulligan]

I am a proud

 

[Baldy_Beer_Brewery]

I use the triple ripple airlocks because I enjoy the action of them more than the three piece airlocks.

I'm not ashamed to admit I sniff it as well.

I'm half tempted at times to drink the vodka from it after racking off the beer.

 

[nystevecf]

I'll admit it, as long as you admit that you've also sniffed the airlock.

C'mon, I know you have.

Even put a finger in it.

 

[jcdillin]

Yeah nothing like that airlock smell

 

[Tenchiro]

Man I love the smell of airlock in the morning

 

[Rottnme]

I am a proud

T-shirt idea? ...Jus sayin.

 

[flyangler18]

There's a cure for that, you know? Sniff the airlock on a batch of EdWort's Apfelwein 3-4 days into fermentation.

 

[schneemann]

After a few particularly messy fermentations, I've converted to blowoff tubes on my primaries. Man, that is WAAAAAAY more entertaining than staring at the airlock. blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub-blub!

 

[jmulligan]

T-shirt idea? ...Jus sayin.

It already is one, that's where I stole the idea from.

 

[tdavisii]

Not only am i guilty of watching it im guilty of sniffing it. I also enjoy sitting and watching my carboys. The swirling and the Krausen and the airlock and the smell. Damn im a F'ing geek.

 

[mmb]

My 4.5 yo son likes to be lifted up to sniff the airlocks now after seeing me do it so often.

Mostly "That Stinks Daddy" but he still does it.

 

[TexLaw]

Who isn't guilty?

I walked out today without looking at my bubbling airlocks, and I am all antsy about it know. I kissed my wife and hugged my 7 and 5 year old sons, but I forgot about my one week old twins! What kind of a father am I?!?


TL

 

[Petey]

Guilty as charged. I also like to give it a tap tap taparoo every now and then once it's slowed to a near stop.

 

[Displaced MassHole]

The house could be burning down around me and I'd still be sitting indian style like a 2nd grader during story time watching the bubbles.

 

[Rick500]

My cats are airlock sniffers as well.

 

[Penguin]

mines in the bathtub usually so everytime im in there i gotta watch.....but ive been using the blowoff lately so i just watch the bubbles. and also my cat is fascinated with watching the blowoff do its thing

 

[TexLaw]

So, um, you bathe with your beer? Kinky.


TL

 

[zoebisch01]

Looking, not so much....Sniffing on the other hand....

 

[cbg96]

Sniffer, starer. Guilty.:rockin:

 

[the_bird]

My 4.5 yo son likes to be lifted up to sniff the airlocks now after seeing me do it so often.

Mostly "That Stinks Daddy" but he still does it.

Yup, except the_Bean usually exclaims "That smells pretty!"

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

These days the fermenters are out of sight out of mind except for a once a day "check on them". I keep mine in the fermentor cabinet.

Before tha I used the spare 3/4 bath. I never really was mesmerized by teh airlock and I have always fermented in plastic buckets (so I don't even watch the swirling of fermentation) but, I do miss the smell of that room.

I would open the door and sniff everytime I went by. It even got to the point that I could disern by the strength of the aroma that fermentation was on the downhill side.

 

[BEER_4_BREAKFAST]

As a rookie who just brewed my first batch last Saturday, I've been checking out my airlock at least 5 times a day.

 

[Tripod]

I'll admit it, as long as you admit that you've also sniffed the airlock.

C'mon, I know you have.

I'm So Busted! I do sniff the airlock!

I have my setup in a closet so when I open the door a get a nice, beery aroma... I plan on using the carboy for batch #2 so I already know I'll be zoned into the "blizzard".

I'm still on #1 so I check it first thing in the morning, before I leave for work, as soon as I get home and just before bed. The first time I was at work (away from my baby ) I had to talk my wifey into checking it for me...now she calls every other hour with a report whether or not I ask for it!

This is so cool...why, oh why didn't I discover homebrew earlier in life? Most people say the fascination will fade as I get more experience but I truly hope they are wrong!

-Tripod

PS - HAPPY FRIDAY!!

 

[bmelanco]

Guilty. I have actually timed the bubble interval 0 just counting no stop watch...