Air leak

[strods]

Hi all, just started my first brew (a nice Irish stout) im not getting a air tight seal, ive tightened the lid as much as i possibly can, new o rings and tap as well. Just wanting to know if this will this affect my brew in any way? ?



Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

[barls]

you will be fine. relax and have a beer.

 

[strods]

Haha, Cheers.was a bit worried as this is my first brew.................

 

[Mr B]

Second that, no worries at all. The beer will generate positive pressure by generating CO2. Don't worry about airlocks bubbling or anything else, its all good and brewing away.

 

[strods]

Thanks, will stop worrying now.....

also the beer has sat at around 24 degrees, i think in the morning i'll put some cool block around the fermenter to try and bring it down a few degrees. Got it in the coolest place in the apartment.

 

[n87]

i would say a bigger problem now.... would be.... getting that damn lid off

After 1 night of trying everything (including prying) before i finally got a rusty peice of steel strap for some leverage to get a lid off.... i went to glad wrap...

 

[strods]

The lid will come off one way or another hahaha. I think i'll be purchasing some keg lube and seeing if that works for air tightness and also removing the lid...

 

[Mr B]

If you have the cool block handy, chuck it on tonight. Can also put a wet towel over it to keep temp down. The initial ferment will generate a little bit of heat. Ideal fermenting temp would be about 18 deg, but 20 ok as well. The initial stages of ferment are more important for getting a good taste.

If you cant, no huge dramas.

 

[Maheel]

cling wrap that f$#&ermenter

and throw away the airlocks

search google images "cling wrap fermenter"

 

[strods]

If you have the cool block handy, chuck it on tonight. Can also put a wet towel over it to keep temp down. The initial ferment will generate a little bit of heat. Ideal fermenting temp would be about 18 deg, but 20 ok as well. The initial stages of ferment are more important for getting a good taste.

If you cant, no huge dramas.

put the cool block on it last night, checked again first thing and it'd dropped to 22/24, put another 3 on it before i left for work this morning, im hoping for a cooler day along with the cool blocks should hopefully get the temp dropped a bit more.

 

[strods]

cling wrap that f$#&ermenter

and throw away the airlocks

search google images "cling wrap fermenter"

will have a look into that, I'll probably leave it as it is for this brew then will possibly change the lid next time round.

 

[klangers]

As mentioned already, you don't need a perfect seal. A gladwrap/cling wrap lid is fine - just make sure you keep an eye on it. I've had a few burst from big beers going through some seriously quick fermentation.

In fact you don't want a perfect seal. You need to let the carbon dioxide escape.

 

[strods]

I think I'll try the cling film on the next brew , ill be bottling the current brew possibly next turlesday/wednesday if its ready, then the beer will of had 9/10 days to ferment. Just struggling to get the temp low, got it 22 degrees with a few cool blocks but still about 2 degrees warmer than id ideally like