 Stupid Stupid Stupid... Stupid?, Airlock Issue |
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  Nov 4 2009, 07:14 PM
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BrewBoard Newbie  Group: New Member Posts: 11 Joined: 13-October 07 From: Scotia, NY Member No.: 10,246  |
I think I done stupid (IMG:style_emoticons/brewboard/sad.gif) ... It is November 4th.. I racked my cider on October 31st... For four days I had a solid rubber stopper plugging my carboy.
I was going to put an airlock on it after it was cleaned and sanitized it, but somehow I forgot to. This is my second rack. I racked it once from my primary fermentor and then once from my carboy into this current carboy. When I unplugged the rubber stopper there was enough pressure to be released that it made a quick and noisey escape. I put on the airlock and it started to bubble. Is there something that should be done?? Or will this have affected the taste of the cider? I don't want to have hindered the refining and aging process. |
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Nov 4 2009, 08:55 PM
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BrewBoard active member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 11-November 06 From: Belmont, NC Member No.: 7,012 |
Let it ride...It'll be fine...
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Nov 7 2009, 07:48 PM
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BrewBoard member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 12-November 07 From: North Central Ohio Member No.: 10,497 |
QUOTE(TheBrewingMan10 @ Nov 4 2009, 07:14 PM)  When I unplugged the rubber stopper there was enough pressure to be released that it made a quick and noisey escape. I put on the airlock and it started to bubble. +1 on no problem. If it had blown the stopper and sat there for days you would have run into an oxidation issue. All you did was slow down the out-gassing [of CO2]. I've done that before..... |
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Nov 9 2009, 12:28 PM
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BrewBoard star member Group: Members Posts: 1,188 Joined: 24-May 07 From: Lincoln, Nebraska Member No.: 9,232 |
no if it sat open for 4 days you'd run into contamination issues.
You need surface agitation (stirring, splashing, pouring) to introduce oxygen into the liquid. (pools of water with no current/waves = stagnant water that can't support life because it contains no oxygen. put an airstone in the water and it is no longer stagnant...e.g. an aquarium) |
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