Its not the 2 piece unfortunately, so I guess if I can't get this airlock clean I will just buy a new one..... they aren't expensive so I'm not too worried
Thanx for the advice
Just soak it in some napi-san & hot water, leave it overnight, she'll come good.
I've just started a dark ale which is doing the same thing...... I'm just retopping the airlock with water as the foam blows it out. I'm too scared to remove it and clean the airlock so will it be ok to just keep retopping the airlock as is?
Yes this is also fine - however you may find cleaning the airlock mighty hard after sitting there with krausen in it for a week or so...
if its a 2 piece then no issues at all.
I picked up a airlock brush on the weekend, like a bottle brush but small enough to fit inside an airlock, from my lhbs. Check out your lhbs (local home brew store) to see if you can find one.
Something you can do if to prevent *excitable* brews in the future is make a blow off tube ie, connect a silicone tube through the hole in the lid that you would put the airlock in, and place the other end of the tube in a jug of water. then when your beer gets out of control the krausen just ends up in the jug
Is that safe? I mean does it prevent nasties from getting into your brew? Sounds like a great solution, but I haven't ever used anything but the conventional airlocks, so I wouldn't know
Perfectly safe, in fact it's quite common to use one of these if using a demijon. You just gotta use a solution of no-rinse sanitiser in the jar in case some of the liquid gets sucked back up the tube (which really should only happen if the wort is still cooling, and to get up that whole tube it'd have to have started out quite warm me thinks).
+1
Don't use airlock anymore as I ferment in 25lt Cubes, I can fit 3 brews at one time in the fermenter fridge where previously I could only fit 2 of the barrel type. I just have a hole drilled in the cap which I put a grommet and a piece of vinyl tubing to a 2lt coke bottle filled with starsan. Easy, cheap and practical.
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