Real big newbie question

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youngbrewer

Real big newbie question

Post by youngbrewer » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:57 am

hiya all,

Got my kit today and in the lid of the bing theres a hole with rubber around the out side

whats this for??
Last edited by youngbrewer on Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Damfoose

Post by Damfoose » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:13 pm

Welcome to the forum and happy brewing, As for the hole in the lid with the rubber bung it is for an air lock.
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youngbrewer

Post by youngbrewer » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:36 pm

do i need one??
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Post by Jim » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:44 pm

youngbrewer wrote:do i need one??
Most people (myself included) don't bother with an airlock for fermenting beer - there's enough gas given off to protect the brew (and the yeast head protects it too). If fermentation gets really vigourous you can crack open a corner of the lid to relieve the pressure.
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Post by youngbrewer » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:51 pm

Jim wrote:
youngbrewer wrote:do i need one??
Most people (myself included) don't bother with an airlock for fermenting beer - there's enough gas given off to protect the brew (and the yeast head protects it too). If fermentation gets really vigourous you can crack open a corner of the lid to relieve the pressure.
Cheers Jim thanks for the answer going to get a lager and cider kit going this afternoon (not in the same bin lol)

just reading around whats spray malt
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Damfoose

Post by Damfoose » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:11 pm

Cover that hole though chap you dont want anything droping through it that could contaminate your beer.
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youngbrewer

Post by youngbrewer » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:43 pm

Damfoose wrote:Cover that hole though chap you dont want anything droping through it that could contaminate your beer.
I was thinking about that
shall i use a clean cloth? :?
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Post by Damfoose » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:08 pm

youngbrewer wrote: I was thinking about that
shall i use a clean cloth? :?
Put a 2 pence coin over it as that will be heavy enough to stop creapy crawlies getting in they could burrow under a cloth and still get in. Also the 2 pence coin will allow gas to escape so you can put the lid on tight as you need to allow the CO2 that is produced to escape.

I wonder what all this home brewing and CO2 is doing to the enviroment :twisted: seeing as the world seems to be on a carbon production cutdown !
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Post by youngbrewer » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:18 pm

Damfoose wrote:
youngbrewer wrote: I wonder what all this home brewing and CO2 is doing to the enviroment :twisted: seeing as the world seems to be on a carbon production cutdown !

hahahaha

my carbon foot print will go up this year then lol
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Post by Ditch » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:20 pm

Damfoose wrote: I wonder what all this home brewing and CO2 is doing to the enviroment :twisted: seeing as the world seems to be on a carbon production cutdown !
:wink: Bloody well spotted, that man! 'Mind you; As I sit in my CO2 production plant here, I'm surrounded by cattle, belching and farting their methane. I even have a Rottweiler bitch here who, I'm sure, could belch for Eire in the next Olympics! :shock: Never quite known a Dog like it. God knows what she produces.
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