My bung

[SexPanther13]

I have a 6 gallon better bottle carboy with a violent fermentation going on inside, and the bung keeps getting pushed/shot out of the mouth of the carboy by the CO2 pressure. I have a decent diameter hose on it going to a blow off jug but it isn't releasing enough pressure. Should I upgrade to the actual Better Bottle equipment or is there another way other than duct tape to secure my bung?

 

[wyzazz]

Explosive bung huh, don't they make adult diapers for that?

On a serious note, is there krauesen being pushed out of the opening? If not just sanitize a piece of foil and put it loosely over the top, it should work just fine.

 

[TheManes]

I just started using BB's two batches ago and I have the BB stopper with the dry air lock. That thing goes in extremely tight and is a serious PITA to get out!
I haven't had to use a blowoff with my BB yet, but I have a drilled bung w hose for it - sounds like I'll have the same problem as you with that.

 

[SexPanther13]

Yeah I have a ton of Krausen pushing out. I have it taped down now and its holding it just seems a little crude.

 

[JayInJersey]

One buddy of mine related the BB as trying to shove 10lbs of crap into a 5lb bag...

When I was using my 6G BB I never was able to brew without the blowoff hose for the first few days. (I actually got a hose the whole neck of the BB and had it stick in a corney of StarSan still made a mess in the corney.

But then again I used to fill them up to 5.5G and .5G of headspace is really asking for blowoff.

If ya want I'll see if I still have the hose and measure it for ya.

 

[SexPanther13]

Yeah sure. Where did you get it from?

 

[JayInJersey]

HomeDepot or Lowes...they both blend together to me.

I'll see if I can find it when I get home.