Emergency! (Maybe). I just racked my brew to a secondary carboy, everything went perfect except that now my plug (with airlock inserted) won't seat around the mouth of the carboy? Everything is still wet from the StarSan solution, should I dry off the plug and carboy mouth with a towel and try again? Not sure what to do and I don't want any contamination issues, so any quick answers are much appreciated!!!
Stopper Won't Seal Carboy
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Not sure if this was the most sanitary way to do it but I ran into the same problem once in that the suds from the star san made the mouth of the carboy slick. I used a paper napkin and dried off the mouth of the carboy. Like I said not the ideal way I'm sure but it worked.
Yep, either dry it with a clean paper towel, or let the stopper sit to dry a bit.
Hilbert
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I had the same problem. I changed over to the universal stoppers for my carboys and i haven't had the same problem.
http://morebeer.com/view_product/16655/102272/Universal_Stopper_With_Hole
http://morebeer.com/view_product/16655/102272/Universal_Stopper_With_Hole
+1 to the universal stoppers.
The only solid stopper I still have is the larger one that goes into the 1 gallon jug I use for starters.
ForRealBeer
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Universals are one of the better additions in a while to a brewer's toolkit. I know that I really was getting tired of looking for the right sized stopper for a given carboy for ten minutes at a time before they came out.
