markarena
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Hi everyone! Long time lurker first time poster.
I've recently done my first all grain batch (it's an American Pale Ale), which yielded about 7-8L of wort in the fermenter, as that's the limit of my aluminium pail for the boil. I put this into a glass fermenter that you would normally put 23L or so into.
My question is: is it a good thing to have this much headspace in the fermenter? I have noticed that air is being drawn into it through the airlock, which can't be good.
I've recently done my first all grain batch (it's an American Pale Ale), which yielded about 7-8L of wort in the fermenter, as that's the limit of my aluminium pail for the boil. I put this into a glass fermenter that you would normally put 23L or so into.
My question is: is it a good thing to have this much headspace in the fermenter? I have noticed that air is being drawn into it through the airlock, which can't be good.