Lid wasnt sealed!!!

[HomeDrewBrew]

So my Chinook/Mosaic blonde ale has been in the fermenter for the past week and with things bein busy and being sick i havent paid much attention to activity but from what i seen their was none.
I decided to press down on the lid to see if air bubbles come up and nothing. So i checked the lid for a good seal and it wasnt!
I opened it up to see that their was alot of yeast floating on top.
I resealed it properly and stored it away..

So my ?
Can i expect any off flavours cuz of this or anything else if anyone knows.

 

[LLBeanJ]

Can i expect any off flavours cuz of this or anything else if anyone knows.

No. I never seal my lid for primary, just let gravity keep it on.

 

[Hoppity]

A picture would help, but if the yeast did its job there was a blanket of CO2 protecting your beer from Oxygen. Many 'bucket brewers' have no airlock activity due to leaks/improper seals and the beer comes out fine.

It is probably OK.

By "Yeast floating on top" do you mean a dropped krausen? If so, this is a good sign.

 

[Homebrewtastic]

The yeast floating is flocculation (yeast comes together). Totally normal. It will drop inside of a week.

I never seal my buckets when fermenting. Don't worry about it. You'll be fine.

 

[stpug]

I'd have been like, "Cool... My lid wasn't sealed. Should be easier to pry off now."

Seriously though, no worries. Snap it down and carry on like normal.

 

[MaxStout]

Lab petri dishes usually have loose-fitting covers, and yet nothing gets in there to contaminate the cultures. Germs don't crawl up into those. They won't in your fermenter, either.

Your beer will be fine.

 

[HomeDrewBrew]

The yeast floating is flocculation (yeast comes together). Totally normal. It will drop inside of a week.

I never seal my buckets when fermenting. Don't worry about it. You'll be fine.

How come you never seal??

 

[unionrdr]

The point here to remember is that nasties aren't ninja acrobats. They settle straight down in the air. They're basically free-floating to look at it that way, so you should be fine. My Brewer's Best bucket & any others made by that company's manufacturer don't have seals in the lid. so they leaked under the higher pressures of initial fermentation.

 

[hunter_le five]

How come you never seal??

Because it's not really necessary, especially during active fermentation.

 

[chickypad]

I never seal mine either, because I can't get the dang things off even with the bucket lid tool. The only caution I take is to not leave them in there too long after primary fermentation is over, as soon as the beer is clear I get it out of the bucket. Once CO2 production stops the beer will start to become exposed to oxygen. If you're going to age something I'd put it in a vessel you can seal better with less headspace.

 

[vincentAlpha]

I only ever snap my lids down in a couple places just to give it a bit of extra security in case something bumps it. I've learned that airlocks are just not worth the effort with a bucket, had the lids pop off too many times cause of clogs.

 

[LLBeanJ]

I never seal mine either, because I can't get the dang things off even with the bucket lid tool. The only caution I take is to not leave them in there too long after primary fermentation is over, as soon as the beer is clear I get it out of the bucket. Once CO2 production stops the beer will start to become exposed to oxygen. If you're going to age something I'd put it in a vessel you can seal better with less headspace.

+1

I typically keg within a few days of the krausen falling. I originally stopped sealing the lid when I began using a ferm chamber and a thermowell. The thermowell goes in the airlock port. I had planned initially to add a 2nd hole/grommet to my lids to accommodate both thermowell and airlock, but my laziness got the better of me and I just went with just the thermowell and called it good. I peak inside daily to check status and see when the krausen drops, so locking the lid would make this a pain. After more than two years doing it this way, I've never had an issue with infection, oxidation, or critters.

 

[Homebrewtastic]

How come you never seal??

Partially because I just don't have to. Mostly because I want the pressure to release during fermentation.

 

[HomeDrewBrew]

Partially because I just don't have to. Mostly because I want the pressure to release during fermentation.

Isnt that why we use airlocks though?

 

[Wrinkletusk]

After watching this video: [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xClXKMhcFr0[/ame] I stopped worrying about a tightly sealed lid. I'm now using a properly seated lid using gravity with no airlock.

 

[Homebrewtastic]

Yes. However during high krausen I'd rather have lid loose just to be on the safe side.

 

[roastglint]

After watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xClXKMhcFr0 I stopped worrying about a tightly sealed lid. I'm now using a properly seated lid using gravity with no airlock.

I feel like being in that room for an extended period of time during active fermentation would definitely make you pass out and die.