Sadfield
Landlord.
Rats, I should have been clearer:
Me too, it was a general question to the thread based in references to air/oxygen getting to the wort creating esters, rather than CO2 getting out.
Rats, I should have been clearer:
... All makes perfect sense. The open FV idea was simply to see if - like the Bateman's open tanks (Yorkshire Squares) - it had any significant effect on the beer in a home-brew situation. I think I feel an experiment coming on here (and risk 5 gallons of beer ).
See my #37 post.Question: is fitting wire mesh (as in window screen) still considered open fermentation? Because it allows all wild yeasties and brethren in, but keeps fruitflies and jockstrapped Turkish wrestlers out.
I quite like that article, cheers for digging it out.
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