Glad wrap lid and big Krausen

[el-worto]

This is my first attempt at the plastic wrap cover instead of the lid and airlock.
I'm fermenting a wheat beer kit with a kilo of wheat malt extract, anyway the krausen has peaked above the capacity of the fermenter (35l).
Some of the krausen has run over the top and a bit has collected where the 'o' ring seals on the base of the threads. Is it best to leave it until I dry hop next weekend or is it important to replace the wrap and clean this up with a cloth soaked in sanitiser now?

[Kevnlis]

Funny enough I had the same thing happen to me this weekend. I have been using glad wrap for a while now and never had a krausen go over. I used a sachet of Ross' new Munich yeast and it went off like Krakatoa!

I am going to wait for the krausen to start pulling back, I will then remove the glad wrap, clean around the top of the fermentor where it spilled over, sanitise and put fresh glad wrap on.

[spatch]

............ sanitise and put fresh glad wrap on.

I take it you don't sanitise the glad wrap..................
What a job that would be!!!!!!!!

[el-worto]

Righto, I've sorted it out, thanks for the replies..

Cheers,
Lance

[Trough Lolly]

............ sanitise and put fresh glad wrap on.

I take it you don't sanitise the glad wrap..................
What a job that would be!!!!!!!!

You raise an interest point through....We clean and sanitise the fermenter and tap like demons to minimise spoilage risk then place a non-sanitised plastic wrap over the fermenter mouth. And that cling wrap may have been sitting in a cupboard surrounded by microscopic spores and other airborne contaminants!!

Call me crazy, but I make sure that I use the "underside" of the gladwrap, ie, the side that faces down as you peel it off the roll.

Cheers,
TL

[Kevnlis]

Call me crazy, but I make sure that I use the "underside" of the gladwrap, ie, the side that faces down as you peel it off the roll.

I do the same, and no I have never tried to sanitise and reuse the wrap...

[Chris]

Yep, the face-down side is the inside of the roll. I reuse my gladwrap between primary and secondary as I consider that anything in there, is already in there.

[Boonie]

As long as Glad Wrap is not made in China.

The spokesman from the company claims it is safe if you do not cook with it, but would you trust them? I am going to research, via the web, if it is really OK.

Chinese Plastic Wrap

Cheers

Boonie

PS...Where are the fermenters made?

EDIT.........SHITE, my Coles brand Plastic Wrap I have in the cupboard is made in China !!!!!!

[Chris]

I'd rather not know. Ignorance is bliss.

[Ed]

Bit of a side bar here.......... Sorry Greg

I cracked the lid on one of my fermenters and so decided to cling wrap the one that had a porter well into the post kraeusen stage. There was such a heavy aroma of the porter leaching through the wrap that I decided to finish it in the keg instead. Maybe just me but I don't like the idea of gases being able to so easily permeate (not that I mind a bit of oxidation in a robust porter )

Cheers, Ed

[Chris]

As long as there is a positive pressure (outward) I'm not concerned. The CO2 layer will sit down on the gas-liquid interface anyway, so it doesn't bother me. I do know what you mean though.