I'm trying to make some home made alcopops.
I figured that if I add water, sugar and yeast I should get ethanol and water. I'll add cordial later.
The yeast I'm using is alcotec 48 turbo yeast. It says on the packet not to use an airlock, which I took to mean leave a hole in the lid because there will be a large amount of CO2 production. However, fermentation requires anaerobic conditions ie no O2 to produce ethanol. By leaving the mixture open to atmosphere aren't I exposing the mixture to O2? Or maybe with the amount of CO2 escaping the mixture will prevent any O2 from entering?
I've put the airlock on after one day, but its bubbling out at almost a constant rate. I'm going to remove it so that I don't risk exploding the plastic carboy.
My question is do I leave it exposed to atmosphere or do I use an airlock?
I figured that if I add water, sugar and yeast I should get ethanol and water. I'll add cordial later.
The yeast I'm using is alcotec 48 turbo yeast. It says on the packet not to use an airlock, which I took to mean leave a hole in the lid because there will be a large amount of CO2 production. However, fermentation requires anaerobic conditions ie no O2 to produce ethanol. By leaving the mixture open to atmosphere aren't I exposing the mixture to O2? Or maybe with the amount of CO2 escaping the mixture will prevent any O2 from entering?
I've put the airlock on after one day, but its bubbling out at almost a constant rate. I'm going to remove it so that I don't risk exploding the plastic carboy.
My question is do I leave it exposed to atmosphere or do I use an airlock?