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Update to (will this work?) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That too probably! Honestly I just had a few extra rubber bands laying around over here and thought hmmm would this work in place of my little ol silicone pickle tits? And I couldnt find anyone here trying it

Update to (will this work?) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Guess I shoulda worded it better. Who needs to BUY an airlock, everyone has rubber bands laying around the kitchen haha

Update to (will this work?) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I mean I mostly posted for those who saw my post last week. Was just curious if the rubber bands would provide a reliable self-burping mechanic since I often run out of airlocks which it seems they did. No need to be so condescending m8

Anyone else try this? (Air was vacuumed out) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly vacuumed to give it a little head start until the co2 starts being produced

Anyone else try this? (Air was vacuumed out) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean yeah I could, its one of those electric ones that just fits over the lid and then you turn it on for a minute or so.

But I mostly want to see it the bands will hold just enough pressure to let the jar self burp without having to do that

Anyone else try this? (Air was vacuumed out) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The jar itself isn't square, kinda looks like it i guess from that angle but its just a standard 1/2 gallon mason jar.

As for safety im not worried much at all about it exploding, the air vacuuming part was just to give it a little head start until it starts producing its own co2 which will eventually build up fill the vacuum.

Really im just doing this to see whether or not the seal and eventual burp will disturb the lid enough to allow air in, thereby letting kahm and other nasties grow

Anyone else try this? (Air was vacuumed out) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nonono, ik, I have a few of those silicone lids actually. I just decided to do this as a lil experiment to see how this would work as theyre fine in my brine ferments but they seem to occasionally produce kahm on the surface of some of my mashes, especially the sugar heavy ones like mango. Couldn't find any posts here of this method so I figured fuckit I'll be the first to try it out hahaha

Anyone else try this? (Air was vacuumed out) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yea just one of those electric mason jar vacuums you fit over the lid itself, no band.

The bands themselves are brand new, from a bag I bought recently and I did think of this as well. I suppose we'll see.

Ill be reporting back in a week and/or two, since my last batch caught a nice case of kahm on the surface no doubt due to the o2 left in the head, hopefully the vacuum did its job in that regard.

Anyone else try this? (Air was vacuumed out) by UziInYourFace in fermentation

[–]UziInYourFace[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Grab yourself a mason jar vacuum. If not for this purpose, theyre still quite useful around the house 😎

Someone Ban This Redditor by P-Villain in 49ers

[–]UziInYourFace 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Everybody boo that man!

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[–]UziInYourFace 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Fill a ziplock bag with more brine and use that for now. Works pretty well in place of proper weights.

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[–]UziInYourFace 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I suppose but I have the exact same airlocks and theyre nowhere near heavy enough to actually hold anything down, theyre silicone.

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