drinking out of seconardy fermenter or 1st

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Thursday May 10, 2007 7:12 pm

morgs wrote: This is why im scheptical about using gladwrap as a lid because like a balloon is slightly porous, so is gladwrap.

So is a fermenter lid. Glad wrap works a treat, anyone I know who has given it a go has not gone back to using a lid and airlock.

FazerPete · Post by **FazerPete** » Thursday May 10, 2007 9:18 pm

Completely agree, gladwrap is great. You can see everything and it's 4 less things to clean and sterilise. I wish I'd gone to it earlier.

morgs · Post by **morgs** » Friday May 11, 2007 9:15 am

The plastic on a fermentor lid is a lot thicker than glad wrap. I have used glad wrap before but have gone back to using a lid and airlock.

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Friday May 11, 2007 9:45 am

Have you ever had reason to believe glad wrap does a poorer job than a lid? Each to his own

Link · Post by **Link** » Friday May 11, 2007 11:00 am

At the risk of asking a question that may, to some, seem stupid (I've seen what can happen)...

Do you sanitise the Gladwrap, or assume that the nice folk at the Glad factory have kept things pretty clean?

Less washing is attractive (in fermenters, not people).

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Friday May 11, 2007 11:09 am

Nah it'll be fine straight out of the pack, just stretch it out and wrap the seal round it.

Link · Post by **Link** » Friday May 11, 2007 12:26 pm

Thanks Rysa, and (see previous silly question disclaimer) I assume that the excess C02 bleeds out under the seal before the Gladwrap reaches bursting point?

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Friday May 11, 2007 12:27 pm

I ask quite a few bout this before i did it, some put a pin prick or two in it but i never have and it gets out just fine.
The seal from the lid that holds gladwrap down isn't that tight, just enough to do the job.

Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Friday May 11, 2007 12:29 pm

Rysa wrote:Nah it'll be fine straight out of the pack, just stretch it out and wrap the seal round it.

What's the best way to catch a seal - harpoon or net? I did a search on this, but came up with no results. Hope this isn't a stupid question.

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Friday May 11, 2007 12:30 pm

Tourist wrote:
Rysa wrote:Nah it'll be fine straight out of the pack, just stretch it out and wrap the seal round it.
What's the best way to catch a seal - harpoon or net? I did a search on this, but came up with no results. Hope this isn't a stupid question.

That's a pisser, noice!!!

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Friday May 11, 2007 12:32 pm

Had to read it twice though.

Working hard again i see KEG!!

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Friday May 11, 2007 12:50 pm

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Friday May 11, 2007 2:40 pm

Link wrote:Thanks Rysa, and (see previous silly question disclaimer) I assume that the excess C02 bleeds out under the seal before the Gladwrap reaches bursting point?

Your assumption is correct, the air escape through the path of least resistance, which means it tends to leak slowly out the sides. It is convex shaped but that just means you've got enough co2 in there. It won't burst.

Link · Post by **Link** » Friday May 11, 2007 3:08 pm

tarlox · Post by **tarlox** » Friday May 11, 2007 4:18 pm

i use glad wrap and wont be going back to lids and airlocks.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Monday May 14, 2007 12:11 pm

The old gladwrap debate springs to life *again* on an unrelated post

Go the gladwrap!

Rysa · Post by **Rysa** » Monday May 14, 2007 2:15 pm

Couldn't help myself, thought i'd add one last gladwrapped post!!
(photos came off my phone so they're not all that clear.)

morgs · Post by **morgs** » Monday May 14, 2007 7:59 pm

Pale_Ale wrote:
Link wrote:Thanks Rysa, and (see previous silly question disclaimer) I assume that the excess C02 bleeds out under the seal before the Gladwrap reaches bursting point?
Your assumption is correct, the air escape through the path of least resistance, which means it tends to leak slowly out the sides. It is convex shaped but that just means you've got enough co2 in there. It won't burst.

The excess co2 pressure IMO escapes through the glad wrap film.

r.magnay · Post by **r.magnay** » Tuesday May 15, 2007 6:28 am

Wrap some around your face and see if it is really that porous, I'm inclined to think it escapes around the seal, it is not all that important really, it just escapes. I have done brews, in the earlier times, with just a tea towel over them with no worries, we know tea towels are porous!

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wednesday May 16, 2007 4:45 pm

Yeah, I vote for around the seal.