Tap left open on the fermenter

[law-of-ohms]

Again last night while cleaning, there go's all my percarb

 

[philmud]

Everytime I see this thread, I get chills and panick about whether I turned my tap off

 

[wbosher]

Sounds like we all need spring loaded taps that turn off once you let them go. :lol:

 

[yum beer]

I've done it with fermenter taps a few times with only minor losses.
Last brew I am filling mash tun and can here trickling water, WTF, tap open, only water so all good.

 

[user 31093]

I've done it with fermenter taps a few times with only minor losses.
Last brew I am filling mash tun and can here trickling water, WTF, tap open, only water so all good.

Must admit, I've either done this or forgot to put the thermometer in (it's removable)

 

[Rocker1986]

I've done it twice but both times probably only lost a litre if that so not massive losses. Just a pain in the arse the extra work cleaning it up

 

[Bribie G]

According to another forum that we can't name, fermentor is the vessel, fermenter is the person doing the fermenting. However it was pointed out that Fermentor could sound a bit too much like a Manga Robot God.

 

[user 31093]

Google says

Did you mean: fermenter

But I'd tend to agree with you

 

[daveHQ]

I've left the tap on the fermenter open about the same amount of times that I've dropped glass hydrometers... Waaaay to many times!!

 

[wbosher]

What about FV then...also on another forum whose name shall not be mentioned...

 

[Bribie G]

+1 ...TBH I reckon FV is perfect, IMHO

 

[bradsbrew]

Moved to the Pub.

I done this yesterday, the first of three cubes from the kettle. As I was filling the second I noticed the bung on the first was leaking so I quickly went and cleaned a tap turning open and closed a few times whilst pouring boiling water through it. Put the cube on it's side replaced the bung with the tap flipped it up the right way, whoops tap is open. Then realised the second cube was overflowing. Hadn't even had a beer yet, which I took as being the problem and quickly rectified.

 

[Dave70]

Nope.
However I can think of a few instances where I should have positioned the fermenter over the sink, opened the tap and just kept pouring.

 

[Wal05]

I did this once, a couple of times.

 

[Rocker1986]

According to another forum that we can't name, fermentor is the vessel, fermenter is the person doing the fermenting. However it was pointed out that Fermentor could sound a bit too much like a Manga Robot God.

Even that's inaccurate. A person doesn't ferment the wort, yeast does! FV indeed.