"No Airlocks On Hand"

[Maui Joe]

I am sure that this has happened to some of us when after racking you realize that you lack an airlock for the bung. (This is something that I remember reading somewhere and glad I did!)


You'll need a comfortable length of vinyl tubing, placed in the bung. (If you have a solid bungwithout a hole, then drill an undersized hole, wet the bung, then fit the tubing through, snug fit is better.)


Stick the other end of the vinyl hose into a bottle of water and watch the bubbles work. 1-bottle can be shared by a few surrounding jugs while you sit back and wait for your order to come!

 

[Hippie]

Very good advice and idea, Joe. Thanks.

 

[Danny]

When racking my gallon batch of blackberry from the primary to my gallon jug the other day, discovered that I had about 1/4 gallon left over. Put this in another gallon jug to keep fermenting, but realized I didn't have another airlock.
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<DIV SuperAdBlocker_DIV_Elements="0" SuperAdBlocker_OnMove_Hooked="0" SuperAdBlocker__Hooked="0" SuperAdBlocker_DIV_FirstLook="0">Thx for the tip. Got to get a few more airlocks, though.
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[Jwhelan939]

When I first started I only had a handful of airlocks. Well My only spare was crushed by the wait of an ogre(my foot). I used a rubber glove with one pinhole at each finger. It kept presure and only purged when necessary.