For All The Glad Wrappers

[Brewman_]

Love the Glad, even used alfoil the other day.

 

[Tony]

I still use a lid but i use it to hold the temp probe in the brew.

No airlocks used here any more...... the hold gets a simple square of duct tape stuck over it to keep the mice out.

If i use a yeast like a wheat or Kolsch that will foam to the lid and make a mess..... it gets a grommet and run a tube to a blow off tube.

 

[Zizzle]

But what do you do with the kittens when you don't have an airlock?

 

[Gar]

I still use a lid but i use it to hold the temp probe in the brew.

Same here, always have a blowoff fitted to mine though, hate messy cleanups

 

[DUANNE]

But what do you do with the kittens when you don't have an airlock?

make dim sims ofcourse!

 

[Nick JD]

You guys are all stuck in the dark ages. I have since moved on to Press n Seal.

Anyone who still uses gladwrap threatens kitten's thoats.

 

[jyo]

I thought all Rappers were glad.

Especially with all the cars, bling and *******.

 

[Fish13]

I thought all Rappers were glad.

Especially with all the cars, bling and *******.

there not all glad johnno! they dont have you as there back bitch

 

[jkmeldrum]

Ok, never done the glad wrap thing!

So are you all saying you don't use the lid and airlock anymore - you just glad wrap around the thread part of the fermenter and put a big rubber band around, is that about it?

What happens to all the gas given off, does it just slowly dissipate through the rubber band seal or something?

Cheers

Molly

 

[twizt1d]

sure does, makes it easy to take samples without sucking **** into your beer too

ive just swapped over to blowoff tubes on the willow cubes, cant be fked cleaning it up all the time
just drilled a hole in the cube lids and jammed some tube in, now my brews can fart and follow through as much as they please

 

[Paul H]

What do you do when your fermenter top has a diameter greater than 30cm???

Cheers

Paul

 

[twizt1d]

get a caterers roll, its wider

 

[kelbygreen]

just lap it over and if its over 50cm lap another one over lol if its that big then you have a drinking habbit

 

[twizt1d]

cant be any harder than shrink wrapping a workmate to a sacktruck and wheeling him into the cold room for a while..

 

[Paul H]

Day 3 of the wrapping & so far so good although when I open the fermenting fridge door I hear a faint Yo Yo Yo! Probably the yeast.

Cheers

Paul

 

[jyo]

Dude, if it gets cold be sure to wrap a hoodie around it

 

[MarkBastard]

One layer straight on. Leave 20cm so that you only have the 'fresh' stuff touching the rim of the fermenter. Rubber band on, break off, done.

 

[sponge]

Another option instead of the rubber band is to use the rubber o-ring that is located in the lid for the fermenter (which may have already been mentioned).

Perfectly sized for the fermenter, and a lot more sturdy!



Sponge

 

[Maheel]

Another option instead of the rubber band is to use the rubber o-ring that is located in the lid for the fermenter (which may have already been mentioned).

Perfectly sized for the fermenter, and a lot more sturdy!



Sponge

i took one of the o-rings out of the bunnings lid to use and the bloody thing broke on the join, pissed me off heaps :angry:

so i decided to stretch the unsed kitten around and tie it's tail around it's neck to hold on the wrap

 

[bignath]

Off topic:

i don't think that the kitten joke is funny any more. Actually i didn't find it funny when it was being used all the time either. i reckon it's time it was forgotten about.

any new brewer that reads about kittens and airlocks is thinking "what the **** are these dudes talking about".