Ooops No Water In The Air Lock...infection Concerns?

[scrumpy]

oops!!


I transfered a brew from the cube into my fermenter this arvo and forgot to put water into the air lock....my cleaning and sterilization regime is pretty thorough, should i have any major concerns about infection? the fermenter had been sitting there for around 3 hours before i realised and added the water.

 

[Guest Lurker]

No you shouldnt.

 

[scrumpy]

No you shouldnt.

pheeeeewwwwww!

 

[DUANNE]

you should be fine mate. i had one of my kids pull my airlock out once it could have been out for up to 2 days as far as i know and the beer still came out fine. bugs cant go upwards or crawl so the s bend in the airlock should stop anything getting in.maybe use some starsan or iodophor solution in the air lock just to be sure.

 

[absinthe]

i dont use airlock anymore i use glad wrap and the seal ring from inside the lid as a big rubber band to hold it one.. works great and no worries about water

 

[Andyd]

You shouldn't have a problem, depending on what happened...

If the liquid was drawn into the fermenter because something happened to create negative pressure (like lifting a heavy fermenter), you can get into some trouble if there was anything in the water.

To stave off this risk I usually fill mine with sanitiser solution. Vodka makes another good lock substance, although it's a bit more expensive (and wasted on an airlock quite frankly

Andy

 

[Bribie G]

You should be ok. If I'm using a yeast or recipe that could cause froth-overs (for example using a big whack of yeast cake from the last brew) I often just cover the grommet hole on the top of the fermenter with a crown seal for a few days and only use the airlock when the big krausen has subsided.

 

[boingk]

You'll be fine. I use a bottle-cap over the hole for the airlock nowdays as I don't like trying to sleep to the sounds of vigorous fermentation. Haven't had a problem so far.

Cheers - boingk

 

[manticle]

Really? It's music to my ears. Trying to catch 40 winks in my outside laundry on the other hand........

 

[Mantis]

I tipped a no chill brew onto a yeast cake that I had just kegged and by that night it was climbing out of the airlock. The sanitiser I had put in the airlock was all over the top of the fermenter with much krausen as well :unsure:

Managed to cool it down by setting the fermenting fridge to 14C to slow it down some.
First time I have had a blow out like this, but was expecting it as I put 26L in the fermenter with the yeast cake, not leaving much headspace h34r:

 

[Fourstar]

To stave off this risk I usually fill mine with sanitiser solution. Vodka makes another good lock substance, although it's a bit more expensive (and wasted on an airlock quite frankly

Unless you have a reflux st.... errr device to make essential oils! :lol:

 

[Andyd]

Hmmmm. Essential Oils.....