Water In Airlock

[sokodan]

Hi All

Done a couple of brews now but just put down a coopers IPA last weekend , i have the airlock bubling away nicely which hasn't happened with my previous brews , my question is , the water in the airlock seems be getting fairly low , should i add a little to "top it up" back to the level marks on the airlock .

Thanks

Dan

 

[Brewtus]

Just a little to keep the air from going past the water without bubbling. Use water from the kettle.

 

[sokodan]

Just a little to keep the air from going passed the water without bubbling. use water from the kettle.

Thanks Brewtus

Cheers

 

[mika]

Or cheap and cheerful Vodka, that way it's sure to be sterile and any nasty's that get into it.
I generally just use boiled water for the beers, but for yeast Vodka is the standard.

 

[ale_snail]

LOL vodka nice

im actually going to try an experiment next brew by putting 300 or so mls of a neutral spirit to life the strength of my beer

 

[brettprevans]

LOL vodka nice

im actually going to try an experiment next brew by putting 300 or so mls of a neutral spirit to life the strength of my beer

make sure you do a rough calculation of what the expected outcome %alc will be. cause if its too high you'll kill your yeast. really high alc% need differant yeasts like champaigne or cider yeasts. but I dont think you have to worry until your at about 10%.

Why dont you use more malt extract or dex? they will lift ur %alc. dex will just give you alc% and no taste. malt extract will give you taste and alc%.

 

[jkeysers]

I have been using Vodka in my airlock. I scored a couple of old bottles from my Nannas. She recently moved out of her house of 50 years, I scored all kinds of spirits! So yeah, Vodka all the way for me. If a little drops in my beer, all the better.

 

[ale_snail]

make sure you do a rough calculation of what the expected outcome %alc will be. cause if its too high you'll kill your yeast. really high alc% need differant yeasts like champaigne or cider yeasts. but I dont think you have to worry until your at about 10%.

Why dont you use more malt extract or dex? they will lift ur %alc. dex will just give you alc% and no taste. malt extract will give you taste and alc%.

what about using two yeasts?

next brew i think im going to use 3kg of lme and 3 of dex...

what is a neutral spirit that i could use? surely not vodka

 

[jkeysers]

6kgs of fermentables?! That will be a monster! I don't think it's the amount of yeast, it's the amount of alcohol that kind of yeast can handle, so I doubt it would matter if you added 5 yeasts.

Like someone mentioned above, might need a champagne yeast or something.

 

[Andyd]

I just throw Iodophor into my airlocks... Vodka's for drinking!!!

 

[Stuster]

I just throw Iodophor into my airlocks... Vodka's for drinking!!!

+1

 

[jkeysers]

I usually would too, but;
*We're talking free Vodka here.
*It's Karlofff, nothing fancy.
*It's in a bottle i've never seen before, meaning it's probably 20 or more years old.
*I have had a dribble left in the bottom of a bottle for ages now, and probly filled up like 4 or 5 airlocks with it. It uses such a small amount to fill the airlock, you wouldn't even notice it was missing.

 

[Trough Lolly]

+1

+2!

 

[frogman]

I just throw Iodophor into my airlocks... Vodka's for drinking!!!

+2!

+3!!!

 

[Brewtus]

I just throw Iodophor into my airlocks... Vodka's for drinking!!!

+3!!!

+4

 

[mika]

Not a fan of the stuff, that's why it goes in the airlocks....missus buys the stuff, lets just hope she doesn't notice it going missing h34r:

 

[pint of lager]

5

 

[Darren]

Airlocks destroy a future grain storage bin. No need for them. Simply loosen the lid.

cheers

Darrens

 

[matti]

the alcohol evaporate rather quickly.
Bloody waste, I say
Kettle and a grain of Sanitizer.....
Which one?
U CHOOSE