3 Piece Plastic Airlock (Sold in sets of 3)
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Learn To BrewBrand: Learn To Brew
Product features:
- Made of Durable Plastic
- Used to Maintain Sanitary Conditions for Fermentations
- Sold in Sets of Three
- Easy to Use
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of 3 Piece Plastic Airlock (Sold in sets of 3)
Customer Review: My favorite style of airlock
Summary: 5 Stars
I have found this to be the best style of airlock to use. It is cheap, simple in concept, and very easy to clean. A couple of useful comments and tips:
There are different ways to use this. If you are fermenting in a jug or carboy, you use it with a drilled stopper; the stopper size depends upon the diameter of the opening of your jug. You can also use this for fermenting in a food-grade plastic bucket. In this case you insert this through a grommet that is in the bucket lid. The reason they don't give you a stopper or grommet is because there is no way of knowing whether you're using a pail lid, or what size jug you have.
It is best to fill this not with water, but with some kind of food-safe sanitized liquid (i.e., not bleach water). As with any airlock, there are situations where some of the airlock liquid can be sucked back into what you're fermenting. If you are using plain water, it can pick up microbes and bacteria which can contaminate your liquid. Risk of contamination from this isn't a major concern, but an easy way to not worry about it is to fill it with something like cheap vodka. If any of that gets sucked back in, it won't affect the taste of what you're making.
If you are using this for long-term bulk aging of a wine or beer, make sure to check on the liquid level every few weeks to a month to make sure it doesn't evaporate away. These have a liquid fill line to let you know the proper amount of liquid you need.
If you're expecting a very vigorous fermentation, this can easily be converted into a blowoff tube. You can trim off the very bottom of the plastic to completely open up the hole. Then by not using the lid or the floating piece, you can attach a 3/16" tube directly to the top of the tube. I do this when making hefeweizens that are very vigorous fermentors. However, if you have a lot of whole hops or fruit, it may clog the relatively small hole and you might want to consider going to a much larger diameter blowoff tube.
By the way, if you're making wine using balloons, you really ought to consider switching to this or something else. Even a simple piece of aluminum foil covering the jug opening is more consistent and much less likely for contamination than using a balloon.
Description of 3 Piece Plastic Airlock (Sold in sets of 3)
3-piece plastic airlock with a snap-on vented cover. This airlock is easily cleaned and easy to use. Fill the airlock halfway up with your sanitizer and stick in the drilled rubber stopper. Be sure to see the other products offered by Learn To Brew LLC.Kitchen Storage & Organization Sets
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