/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164819]

Hey /diy/. I just made this airlock how-to because I've seen a lot of threads where someone posts the "get drunk for cheap fuck yeah" how-to that uses knapkins as an airlock and figured it might be worthwhile/timesaving for there to be a how-to pic for an easy airlock.

After finishing. I realized that I haven't actually fermented anything yet; just researched stuff for making the pic. So what should I make? I'm open to any suggestions.

(Also if there is something incorrect or otherwise amiss with the airlock how-to let me know so I can fix it.)

[Anonymous No.164822]

>>164819
Banana wine

Your air lock is a bit over complicated, but if you have that on hand "NOW" then by all means go for it. That style can work for the 15gallon demijohns.

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164826]

>>164822

Will look up banana wine. Is it easy to make?

Will the airlock work for larger sizes too or is it limited because of its design? The idea was for the airlock to be doable with items from the hardware store so you could have it up and running in an hour with the trip included. Is there something you would recommend for the design?

[Anonymous No.164828]

>>164826
It's extremely easy to make. It'll taste "fruity" more than like bananas. your airlock is more suited for larger carboys and demijohns where a normal stopper with hole is too small or the taper won't match just right.

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164836]

>>164828

Ah. I may get a larger carboy then; I was thinking about getting a glass one anyway (the one in the pic I had just lying around.) If that's the case I may use this one to try something else at the same time and just make another airlock for it.

The wine sounds tasty. Is this a decent recipe?

http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~goodwine/bananawine.htm

[Anonymous No.164839]

>>164836
Yeah, that recipes is fine. It's close to some of mine actually.
i have about a 200 gallon capacity in glass jugs, carboys, and demijohns.

[Anonymous No.164851]

This is awesome, though I am sad to say you probably spent a very high percentage more on this then just buying an actual airlock. But if you don't have a brew store nearby it's a good alternative.

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164859]

>>164851

Yeah, I looked online before I did this and saw that you can get some for pretty cheap online. But like you said some people don't have liquor stores near them; Oklahoma is a partially dry state with retarded liquor laws and zoning about where liquor stores can be and outrageous liquor license fees. As a result the brew store nearest to me is a good ways away.

[Anonymous No.164860]

Jesus fucking christ, why is everyone so stupid. A real airlock at a goddamn wine specialty store are like $2. You can probably find one online SHIPPED for half the the price of all the shit in your picture

[Anonymous No.164862]

>>164860
>why is everyone so stupid.

It might be the same reason you are so stupid when you didn't read the thread 1st.

[Anonymous No.164864]

>>164862
http://www.amazon.com/RiteBrew-S-Shape-Airlock/dp/B0057JBABM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330576729&a
mp;sr=8-2

[Anonymous No.164866]

>>164864
>/diy/ - Do-It-Yourself

Fucking buyfags get out of my /diy/, you are on the wrong board.

[Anonymous No.164867]

>>164866

>lets make something that is mass produced to the point where its design is perfect at 10x the cost!

fucking retarded kid

[Anonymous No.164870]

>>164867
this

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164871]

>>164864

When you add a stopper and shipping it comes out to 10.92, which isn't that far from the $20 I spent on mine. (pic related) Also you would have to wait for a couple of days to get the airlock. That said buying an airlock would probably be a better option for smaller carboys (going off of what >>164828 said, I'm no expert) though.

Mine would still be better for larger carboys (from what I've been told anyway.) Also the reason I made this is so people could have a how-to to post in response to pics that feature incorrect (knapkin, balloon, etc.) airlocks or no airlocks. If you want to tell them to buy something you can always link them to the product as you just did.

Please don't turn this into an X vs Y hate thread.

[Anonymous No.164872]

>>164867
Buyfag.

[Anonymous No.164874]

>>164867

>at 1.96x the cost

fixed

[Anonymous No.164875]

>>164872
>>164871
You still have to buy all those parts, and drive to home depot

[Anonymous No.164878]

I know this is /DIY/ but air locks are really cheap. like less than 2 dollars. the real /DIY/ing should be the brewing.

[Anonymous No.164879]

I can understand the huuur duuur, begone buy fag, but there are some things that making them yourself just isn't worth it. An airlock is one of those things.

[Anonymous No.164880]

A pin-pricked balloon will work exceptionally, if you don't have access to normal airlocks.

also, the OP's airlock is a blow-off tube, not a standard airlock and thus, buying an equivalent one would not cost the same as a 3-piece airlock or an S-curve airlock. I recommend a blow off tube over standard airlocks anyday.

[Anonymous No.164881]

>>164880
Why?

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164882]

>>164875

All the parts only come out to $20. That's including the powerade. And you can break it down fully to each of its components to clean it easier.

Well, to each his own.

[Anonymous No.164883]

>>164881
To prevent a blow out obviously. Do you even brew?

[Anonymous No.164884]

>>164883
Just wine. No problems with the "S" style

[Anonymous No.164885]

>>164879

I agree with this anon, all the buyfag comeback bullshit that goes on here is just fucking retarded.

If this is the case, and OP is in fact a true /diy/er, then he better be making the vessel/jug/wort him-fucking-self and also growing the grains, distiling the water from leaves placed in a hole in the bacyard covered with plastic, also growing the sugar cane and refining that also.

JUST BUY A FUCKING 2 DOLLAR AIR LOCK!

[Anonymous No.164888]

>>164881
Probably cause you can blow the kraeusen off.

[Anonymous No.164890]

>>164885
>How do I make this /diy/?
>>just fucking buy it!

>look what I made /diy/!
>>you should have just bought it you stupid fuck

Buyfags are a hateful bunch it seems who are allergic to work and self-accomplishment.

[Anonymous No.164891]

MY /DIY/ DICK IS BIGGER THAN EVERYONE'S! SUCK IT!

[Anonymous No.164892]

>>164881
Some brews and yeast are extremely vigorous and create foam like a mother fucker. which can clog a normal air lock and cause contamination of the brew. A blow off tube allows the foam to blow out into the water container without problems.

[Anonymous No.164893]

http://www.brewing-tips.com/airlocks-and-blowoff-tubes/

>Which one should I use?

>For most brews, an airlock is fine. The advantage of an airlock is that it is relatively small compared to the blow-off tube, and is much easier to maintain. The problem with airlocks is that a very aggressive fermentation can clog the airlock with Krausen, causing a build up of pressure in the fermentation vessel. When that pressure gets too much, either the airlock or the lid of the fermentation vessel will pop off with great force, causing a big mess. A blow-off tube is much less likely to clog up than an airlock.

>A Clogged Airlock

>If you are brewing a beer using a top-fermenting yeast (most wheat-beers are brewed using this type of yeast), then you should always use a blow-off tube. This is because top-fermenting yeast produce a much higher, thicker krausen than regular ale yeasts and are much more likely to cause problems when using an airlock.
>How to make a blow-off tube.

>1. Attach a piece of sanitised tubing to the opening of your demijohn (or lid of your fermentation bucket) using a sanitised stopper with a hole in it.
>2. Half-fill a small container such as a measuring jug or pint glass with water, and place the other end of the tube inside, below the level of the water. You do NOT need to use bleach or sanitising solution for this!

[Anonymous No.164894]

>>164892
See >>164888

[Anonymous No.164898]

>>164867
>>164879
>>164878
>>164882
>>164885

I live in Mexico in a small town in the middle of nowhere, where can i buy this shit and have it shipped?

[Anonymous No.164900]

>>164893
This is why I no longer use airlocks and instead use blow off tubes. I've had one too many gysers from stuff that was supposed to be moderately foamy. All I brew are wines too.

[Anonymous No.164901]

>>164893
interdasting information

...one problem though

>jug or pint
>tube
>stopper or cork

how do i go about making these items?

[Anonymous No.164904]

Even with juice wines you can have a blow out. Had the one in this pic used a standard airlock it would have blown it right out. Instead, it went harmlessly out the blow off tube and into the container.

[Anonymous No.164908]

>>164901
You can use a balloon as a gasket (see pic), if you don't have a stopper. For the tube you can use straws or even empty pen tubes.

This exact thread happened when someone made a pen tube water air lock using a discarded pen and a pill bottle. Later another thread with a similar design was posted using a straw and some unknown clear bottle with the same whiny replies this thread has got.

[Anonymous No.164919]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaJ6rQjSUU

This shows a standard air lock that is clogging with foam and how to make a blow off tube.

[Anonymous No.164921]

Blow-off tube porn?

[Anonymous No.164922]

>>164872
how childish, call me a name, go on kid

>>164874
its at 10x the cost, stop trying to justify retardedness kid

>>164880
dont listen to this kid, balloons WILL give your brew a latex taste.

>>164890
>BUYFAG XD

take your /b/ bullshit to /b/ kid, how fucking retarded are you?

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164924]

I fixed the pic to reflect that its a blow-off tube and not an airlock, if anyone would still want to use it.

I just threw this together at the hardware store while my paint was getting mixed. I didn't mean to cause a buyfag v. makefag shitfest.

[None !OATZZhAKok No.164927]

>>164922

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164928]

>>164924

To add, I can't find the receipt but the 10' roll of vinyl tubing was 8 dollars something. If I could have bought the tubing by the foot the cost would have been ~$11 or so. We're arguing over a couple of dollars at most.

[Anonymous No.164936]

>>160976
Or just do this... 3 parts, works.

[Anonymous No.164939]

>>164927
>say the word kid
>kids go retarded and starts to spam it

fucking hell kid

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164946]

Went and remade my receipt online to see how much it would have cost.

9.77 with tax, not including tubing and powerade bottle. The 10ft tubing roll cost 7.73, so 1/10th of that would be $0.77, with tax that's $0.80

Grand Total: $10.57

[Anonymous No.164950]

>>164946
>>164871

>buy 10.92
>make 10.57

your move buyfags

[Anonymous No.164956]

>>164950

How did you get to the store?
How long did it take you to get there?
How long will it take to put together?

You're missing the point, sometimes making something is much more fun than just buying it, but going to the store, buying all those materials and putting an adhock piece of nonsense together is just.... nonsensical, when you can goto a store and purchase the item for a few cents more.

Being creative is one thing, but complicating a simple project for no good reason is just plain stupid.

If you had the shit already lying around the house and made something cleverly from the materials that you had at your disposal, then good for you, but going to a fucking shop and buying a heap of materials to make something that is already READILY available for an extra few cents.... just.... makes you look like a retard, not a pro diy'er.

[Anonymous No.164966]

>>164956
>making your own stuff is retarded
I think you're retarded. Why don't you go buy your beer instead of buying it?

[Anonymous No.164972]

>>164966
>I think you're retarded. Why don't you go buy your beer instead of buying it?
>Why don't you go buy your beer instead of buying it?
>buy your beer instead of buying it?
>I think you're retarded.

and where did I say that making your own stuff is retarded?

[;/) No.164976]

You should make the most amazing wine you have ever made using air-lock and "knapkins".

[Anonymous No.164983]

>sometimes making something is much more fun than just buying it
>but going to the store, buying all those materials and putting an adhock piece of nonsense together is just.... nonsensical

Being a journeyman plumber myself OP's thing doesn't look like an adhock piece of nonsense to me. It would take at most a couple of minutes to set up. Also, his would have a pressure rating higher than any of the other things in this thread, making a blowout completely impossible.

>going to a fucking shop and buying a heap of materials to make something that is already READILY available for an extra few cents

What if you don't have a brew store where you live? And if you were already at the store for something else? Some of us go to the Man Store more than once a year.

Also

>adhock piece of nonsense
>complicating a simple project for no good reason
>heap of materials
>just plain stupid

Have you seen the stuff the electronic kiddies are making? Or hell, half the stuff on this board?

[Anonymous No.164984]

>>164972
>sometimes making something is much more fun than just buying it
>but going to the store, buying all those materials and putting an adhock piece of nonsense together is just.... nonsensical

Being a journeyman plumber myself OP's thing doesn't look like an adhock piece of nonsense to me. It would take at most a couple of minutes to set up. Also, his would have a pressure rating higher than any of the other things in this thread, making a blowout completely impossible.

>going to a fucking shop and buying a heap of materials to make something that is already READILY available for an extra few cents

What if you don't have a brew store where you live? And if you were already at the store for something else? Some of us go to the Man Store more than once a year.

Also

>adhock piece of nonsense
>complicating a simple project for no good reason
>heap of materials
>just plain stupid

Have you seen the stuff the electronic kiddies are making? Or hell, half the stuff on this board?

[Halfbreed No.164985]

Dude, I know what you should do..reply back quick..I don't have much more time to be online o.o

[Anonymous No.164988]

>>164985

I don't think the OP is here anymore but this is a thread not a telephone so I don't think it matters

[Halfbreed No.164990]

Bro, stfu, I was not talking to you. .-.

[Anonymous No.164991]

>>164990

Then who the fuck are you talking to?

[Gladys No.164992]

blah blash blksgoaenhg
blah blhjbdafn

[Halfbreed No.164993]

The "op" of this fucking thread! You think I really wanted your fucking input? I could clearly see he/she was gone, I just wanted to put in my own fucking ideas before I had to retire for the night....


YOU, sir....I was not talking to you. .-.

[Anonymous No.164994]

The fuck is happening in this thread

[Scroton !1w4p.id526 No.164995]

>>164993

OP here, what do you need?

[Yo-Yo Ma No.165000]

wow...you suck

[Anonymous No.165008]

>>164936
>>164936
>>164936
>>164936
>>164936
this

[Scroton !1w4p.id526 No.165009]

>>164993

Come on man you call for me and then don't tell me what you're on about when I get here? What the fuck man?

[Halfbreed No.165018]

>>165009
>>164995

you're no OP!

[Anonymous No.165019]

>>165018
WOAH, quick on the draw right there Tex.

[Anonymous No.165323]

OP trolled /diy/ hard

[Anonymous No.165335]

>>164922
>dont listen to this kid, balloons WILL give your brew a latex taste.

No they don't. Positive pressure won't allow it. you realize a stopper that is normally used with brewing is made of the same nasty smelling material?

[Anonymous No.165339]

why dont you just go to a shop and buy beer

[Anonymous No.165345]

>>165339

[Anonymous No.165363]

Had to be done.

>OC

>>164819
Awesome. This will work well as a blow off tube. This will be VERY needed if you do go ahead with a banana wine. Bananas are notorious for creating a lot of foam because the yeast goes absolutely nuts from the nutrients the bananas have. You can actually skip using yeast nutrient if you put in a banana in your other wines. 1 banana per 5 gallons at least for non-banana wines..

[Anonymous No.165374]

for the price OP spent I could put togther a full 55 gallon plastic drum set up. Pantera bread guy sell them out of the bakery factory for 10 bucks then a hose going to a scrap bottle using a hole in a stopper and TA DA. I don't have one going right now but 55 gallon drums are the way to go. I want to step up to IBC tanks one day as you can fit way more in them when you account for footprint per gallon compared to drums. The already have a nice drain on the bottom just need to find a way to screen it as I ferment on the grain then drain through the grains kinda like wort making but after the fact. The a settle then into the container I can not discuss what happens in that container.

[Anonymous No.165375]

>OP's thing is overly complex nightmare! you have to assemble all dose things!

>It is literally 5 things that have to be put together

Are you buyfags all retarded? If this is complex for you legos must be the realm of wizards then.

As other people have said, this is a blow-out tube, not an airlock. Shame on OP for mislabeling it but other than that he has it right. And it seems like this would be a lot more failsafe than other blow-off tubes I've seen/used. I've actually had brews blow a stopper-tube blow-offf tube out before (mostly because I wasn't paying attention to it and it got clogged really badly) with this the worst that would happen is a bunch of krausen would shoot out of the tube like a bullet. But your brew would still be okay, which is what really matter.

Just to add: everyone complaining seems like the kind of people that, if they even brew at all, went to their brew store and bought the babbys first homebrewing kit and now think they're experts. Most serious brewers make a lot of their own stuff, and custom design it based on what seems to work for them (and also based on superstition sometimes too)

[Anonymous No.165378]

>>165374

>I get a special deal on things I buy

>anyone that doesn't get a special deal is doing it wrong

Through the company I work for I can get a special deal on any new GM car once every 6 years.

Therefore, anyone that spends more than $5k on a new car is a fucking moron that is doing it wrong.

[Anonymous No.165386]

>>165378

NO, you idiot, it's not a special deal. Didn't you hear about Pantera's nationwide 55-gallon drum sale? They even released an album to coincide with it and everything.

[Anonymous No.165387]

>>165378
I don't get a special deal on it I just responded to the ad in Craigslist for used drums and asked if ten bucks was OK. He said sure come on down. Not so special as his regular price is 20. Hurr durr i got ten bucks off so special!

[Anonymous No.165394]

>>165387

Can someone that doesn't live in your city get one?

No?

Then it's a special deal fuckface. Even though it's not restricted to only you, the vast majority of people will not able to take advantage of the deal so it shouldn't be taken into account when pricing thing out to the general public. If you made a guide on how to make your 55-gallon setup it would start like this:

Step 1:

Do you live in fuckfaceville?

If yes, go to Step 2. If no, I can't help you. Fuck off.

[Anonymous No.165396]

>>165394
most people can get a drum for 20 on craigslist anywhere in the USA. Gumtree or kiji are good site out of the US. Its not just at the pantera place but all over the place has them. If you want go to a german/polish deli and get a kraut or pickle barrel. They have a nice screw top just need to soak them in dilute base solution to get rid of the vinegar smell and clean the hell out of it due to acetobacter. I have a bunch from corn syrup and one that had vanilla extract in it. Barrels are fucking easy to get as aids in africa

[Anonymous No.165399]

>>165396

>PANTERA
>PANTERA
>PANTERA
>PANTERA
>PANTERA
>PANTERA
>PANTERA
>PANTERA
>PANTERA

are you fucking retarded?

[Anonymous No.165401]

>>165399

That's what it's called, what's your point?

[Anonymous No.165402]

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[Anonymous No.165403]

I always say it as pantera out of love for my deceased grany who would say pantera instead of panera. It would give us kids who where pantera fans at the time a good laugh and makes me smile and remember her to this day. SO FUCK YOU IT'S PANTERA BREAD!

[Anonymous No.165405]

>>165403
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I R SPESHUL SNOFLAEK

ME GET SPESHUL DEELZ

Y U MEEN 2 MY NANA

[­­ No.165413]

well this thread certainly took a left turn

[Anonymous No.165423]

One thing I find about OP's method is everything is to tight. If there is a blockage the rubber stopper can't just pop out as there is none. The mission band and fittings do not allow the release of pressure as we know that foamy goodness might get up there. I ferment with the fruit dookie or grains in the bottles so mine gets messy and during massive foam has clogged the tube.

[Anonymous No.165425]

At the homebrew store near me, you can get a rubber bung and an airlock for like $1.50 man....

[Anonymous No.165426]

>>165396
I can't. The nearest city for anything related to craigslist is about 100 miles away. that's about $20 in gas one-way.

[Anonymous No.165428]

>One thing I find about OP's method is everything is to tight. If there is a blockage the rubber stopper can't just pop out as there is none

So if there's a blockage, instead of the rubber stopper just popping out, you'd rather have it totally sealed so all the pressure builds up until your glass carboy explodes and jizzes your house with 10 gallons of fermented shit?

Also...when has there ever been a blockage in an airlock....?

[Anonymous No.165432]

>>165428
With the OP's method, you can use a tubing the same ID as the ID of the opening on the bottle itself. So, clogging will not be an issue and if it is, it still would be an issue if you didn't even have anything at all on the top of the bottle.

[Anonymous No.165433]

>>165426
Well call around to local gas stations or or other businesses for barrels. A number 2 barrel can be sourced as long as you are not out in the middle of nowhere. Its not that hard. I got a barrel of windshield washer fluid for a rain barrel from a local gas station near my moms house and she is also miles and miles away from any CL city.

[Anonymous No.165436]

>>165432
I've been homebrewing, winemaking, and distilling for about 10 years. Clogging has never been an issue even once for me when it comes to airlocks...

[Anonymous No.165438]

>>165428
>Also...when has there ever been a blockage in an airlock....?

You don't brew do you? You didn't read this thread did you? You're just trolling aren't you?

Check out the lid on this brewing bucket. The aperture where the 3-piece air lock plugs into is clogged. Had this been a blow off tube this would not have happened.

[Anonymous No.165441]

>>165438
Thats because the bucket was overfilled genius.

[Anonymous No.165442]

>>165433
Well, first off, I'll not brew in plastic or metal. I'll stick with my glass demijohns, carboys, and jugs. However, you severely underestimate just how rural the area in which I live is.

>>165436
From your vernacular it is obvious that you are not very familiar with brewing and brewing methods.

[Anonymous No.165443]

>>165433
I get 55 plastic drums for free. The local Coke bottling plant gets the syrup shipped to them in 55 plastic drums. They just throw them out after they're done with them.

If you got a soda bottling plant near you, check it out.

[Anonymous No.165445]

>>165441
You've never made banana wine have you? You'd need a 15 gallon demijohn with only 3 gallons of must in it in order to not have it blow out. Even then it would more than likely threaten to foam over and blow out.

[Anonymous No.165447]

>>165443
No they don't. Stealing something isn't "they just throw them out". They return them for reuse and recycle ones not fit for reuse.

[Anonymous No.165448]

>>165443
What? Nope.jpg

The company that sends the barrels to them owns the barrels. If you return the barrels then you get a big discount, but if you don't return them you pay anywhere from $25 to $60 per barrel depending on the company.

[Anonymous No.165449]

>>165447
No....

They have a big dumster area full of them. you drive up and say "Hey, i wanted to grab a few of them", and they say "Ok". and you do that.

[Anonymous No.165451]

I used OP's method today for a cider recipe, went to lowes bought the materials for about 13 bucks, it works exceptionally well.

Also i can post pics if you guys want of it in action.

[Anonymous No.165453]

>>165445

Why in the fuck would i make banana wine.....?

[Anonymous No.165457]

>>165428

>totally sealed so all the pressure builds up until your glass carboy explodes

Which do you think offers the least resistance for the CO2

A) a glass carboy
B) OP's setup
C) some krausen in a flexible tube as wide as your finger (5/8 in the OP setup, but you could even modify his design and go bigger)

The answer, if you didn't know, is C. This is also the reason why if you plug the kitchen sink faucet with your thumb your water supply pipes don't explode.

[Anonymous No.165458]

>>165451

Do eeet. It might shutup some of the faggots in this thread.

[Anonymous No.165459]

>>165442
Yeah I get it about brewing in glass over plastic. I did however find people could not tell a difference using stainless steel. Plastic like OP's let air exchange from what I have read but I heard better bottles work well. I like using barrels as its just easier to do it as the same amount of glass would take up a huge amount of space.Someday a decent huge stainless tank will arrive on CL so maybe some day. Sucks to be so rural but most people would have access to CL or local shops to call up and find barrels. Even if there are just local restaurants 5 gallon buckets can be had for a dollar or less. If op's method used looser fitting stuff and allowed the mission clamp to pop off easier under a clog situation I think it would increase safety factor. I do like blow off tubes compared to little airlocks like the ones posted just need to safety that one up a little bit

[Anonymous No.165460]

>>165457

Dont know, not really even sure what you're talking about at this point. Have also stopped caring.

Op's setup is stupid, expensive, and serves no purpose. You are also gay. Yes, you.

[Anonymous No.165461]

>>165459
Disused water heaters that are glass lined can work as fermentation tanks. They are also free.

>>165457
> This is also the reason why if you plug the kitchen sink faucet with your thumb your water supply pipes don't explode.

I agree with the rest of your post, but this point is a bit moot. Houshold water lines are usually no more than 70psi where as yeast can still ferment well above 100psi. You can make 2-liter plastic soda bottles explode with them when making yeast-based soda if you do it improperly. Though, normally the yeast will go dormant first.

[Anonymous No.165463]

>>165459

>If op's method used looser fitting stuff and allowed the mission clamp to pop off easier under a clog situation

You're not that mechanically inclined are you?

see >>165457

Also if you want to make the top pop off easier just don't tighten the screw #1 as much. Then if there's a problem #2 will pop off. OP's design is very adjustable.

[Anonymous No.165466]

I guess we found out how to troll /diy/.

[Anonymous No.165467]

1st pic

[Anonymous No.165468]

>>165460

>serves no purpose

It's a blow-off tube. A pretty standard one all things considered.

>expensive

>>164946
>>165451

According to those it's about $11-$13. Unless you're getting an allowance from mommy and daddy I don't see how that could be considered expensive.

[Anonymous No.165470]

2nd pic, and you will see here that the clogging isnt an issue because i didnt fill it to the brim,

I use a freeze distillation for my cider, ill just put it in plastic bottles freeze it and then drip the unfrozen product out.

[Anonymous No.165471]

>>165466
You mean find someone's working, functional, and very DIY project and tell him to buy that shit instead? Yeah, that happens in nearly every fucking thread on /diy/.

[Anonymous No.165473]

>>165467

Just from looking at your pic I can tell you live in a shitty house and have a shitty minimum wage kid job. Typical poorfag. You probably bought ops shitdick rig with food stamps. How does it feel to know that I make more in one month than you do in a year? I go buy my alcohol at the bar like a real fucking man. When I want to get drunk I go to a nightclub and order 12 bottles of grey goose and have 10/10 bitches ride my dick all the way back to my penthouse. You and op should suck each others dicks and then kill yourselfs.

[Anonymous No.165476]

>>165473
http://www.4chan.org/rules

>3: Do not post the following outside of /b/: Trolls, flames, racism, off-topic replies, uncalled for catchphrases, macro image replies, indecipherable text (example: "lol u tk him 2da bar|?"), anthropomorphic ("furry"), grotesque ("guro"), or loli/shota pornography.

>Trolls

If your post isn't blatant trolling, then I didn't right the book on it.

[Anonymous No.165477]

>>165473

Do you have a 16" dick too? Because I really believe you and are interested in hearing more. I understand if you don't reply though, because you must be losing tons of money posting here considering your $1,500/hr pay rate I'm sure you have.

[Anonymous No.165478]

>>165473
Yeah, Iaintevenmadbro.jpg

[Anonymous No.165481]

>>165477

>wants to know about other men's dicks

>typical kid faggot

[Anonymous No.165483]

>>165467
>>165470

Looks like a good rig from here. You probably could have filled it up a bit more if you wanted, but it isn't gonna hurt you none.

[Anonymous No.165487]

I can't believe something as simple as a blow-off tube would get this kind of reaction.

[Anonymous No.165490]

>>165483
Yeah, I turn 21 in like 22 days but I have always been interested in homebrew stuff.

I had made a batch of cider like 2 days ago, and i was happy with the way it turned out.

DONT USE STORE BOUGHT YEAST! It works but unless you siphon and age it 10 times its going to taste like liquid bread dough wine. Also Siphoning and racking and aging are very important.

And i dont mind the trolls they arent as infested here as other boards.

COME AT ME BROS!

[Anonymous No.165494]

So basically this thread is:

>/diy/er argument:
>Op's design will work well and not more than a couple of dollars more than a store bought version and doesn't require you to have a brew store near you or wait for it to arrive in the mail. Also superior to store bought version in many ways because it will handle pressure better and you can modify it more easily

>Buyfag argument:
>lol wut piece shit hurr 100x cost faggots making shit stupid kids just buy alchol kid
>kid
>kid
>kid

[Anonymous No.165499]

Just going to point out that if you wanted to change up OP's design or attach it to different containers or something you easily could because it uses standard plumbing parts, which come in far greater variety than brewing supplies and for specific, unusual applications will probably end up far far cheaper.

If you have to modify something you bought from the brewstore or online you're looking at tons of adhesive and prayers keeping it together, and possible pinhole leaks that arise as your adhesive/sealant cures

[Anonymous No.165500]

>>165494
you can stop wasting your time now.
>>165490
the first thing people need to realize in brewing is NOT FUCKING USING RANDOM ASS YEAST. Yeast is easy and cheap enough to buy online-there's no excuse. Bread yeast for bread, champagne yeast for champagne, etc.

Brewing is too goddamn easy to fuck it all up just because of ignorance about such a simple thing.

[Anonymous No.165501]

>>165500

Not the guy you were talking to about yeast, but do you have any recommendations as far as brand or anything or will any yeast specified for the type of brew you're making work? (ie are there brands I should avoid)

[Anonymous No.165505]

>>165494
>>165494
>>165494
>>165494
>a couple of dollars
>store airlock costs $2USD
>OP design costs about 20USD
>10 markup
>I'm so pretentious about making shit that I won't admit when what I'm doing is frivolous and would be much better spent making something unique
>>165494
>>165494
>>165494
>>165494

[Anonymous No.165507]

>>165501
You'll find everything you need in online or offline brew guides. Your biggest decision will be about dry vs liquid yeast (I prefer liquid) and to use a starter or not (I normally don't use a starter, but sometimes you'll probably want one). Brands? Eh, yeast is yeast.

[Anonymous No.165509]

>>165507
By yeast is yeast, I mean if you're getting a certain strain of yeast from one source or another, I don't think the difference is THAT noticeable. There's a difference, but it's small if the strain is the same.

Here, this is a great guide about yeast:
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter6.html

[Anonymous No.165511]

>>165505

>store airlock costs $2USD

$11
>>164871

>OP design costs about 20USD
$11-$13
>>165468
>>165451
>>164946

[Anonymous No.165512]

>>165509
>>165507

thanks, reading the guide now.

[Anonymous No.165513]

>>165501
The recipe of the beer will tell you which yeast to use. You can use different ones to change the flavor. The taste difference can be good or bad.

[Anonymous No.165517]

>>165511
>>165511
>yfw 99 cents
http://www.amazon.com/RiteBrew-S-Shape-Airlock/dp/B0057JBABM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330640440&a
mp;sr=8-2

[Anonymous No.165523]

>>165517

>obvious troll is obvious

See>>164871

[Anonymous No.165525]

>>165517
You're missing the rubber stopper.

I wouldn't build an airlock but I still think you should shut the fuck up and do something better with your time.

[Anonymous No.165529]

Prefer Op's airlock, but what would I know? Im the only one in this thread thats using it and fermenting cider as we speak. Airlocks are awesome and all but theres something about DIYing it to the core that I like. Also i plan to make my own yeast for my next batch.

Yeah. I belong in this thread.

[Anonymous No.165534]

>>165525

this

>everyone complaining about how much time wasted making an airlock that takes half hour at most to make
>wasting their time complaining on an an imageboard about people wasting their time
>thread has over 100 replies, most of them bitching about wasting time
>mfw

[Anonymous No.165537]

jesus christ you'd think this was a thread on /pol/ about interracial relationships

[Anonymous No.165538]

>>165525
>>165525
Rubber stopper
>implying people buy glass carboys without stoppers
>implying that self made ones with have the perfect snugness
lrn2 >>>/diy/

[Anonymous No.165541]

>>165529
>Make my own yeast

You mean gather your own yeast? ;)

[Anonymous No.165557]

>>165541
NO BITCH
I MEAN "GATHER"

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.165576]

>this thread

[Anonymous No.166513]

Haven't read the whole post, but the components for this are way more than the ready made bubbler airlocks.

There's DIY, then there's eating your paper money, shitting it out, throwing it against a wall and calling it art.

[Anonymous No.166517]

>>166513
>Haven't read the whole post

Yes, this is true you haven't. Now GTFO, buyfag.

[Anonymous No.166518]

>>166513
>bumps thread from page 10 just to troll

herpa derpa, kid

[Anonymous No.166520]

>>166513
Theres DIY and then there DIY.

What you said isnt DIY.

tldr: I dont always DIY but when I do I do.

[Anonymous No.166551]

There's no need for an airlock when you're making moonshine.

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.166557]

Let this thread die. Everything constructive that could be said for either side has already been said x2 and all that's left is trolling and retardation. I still honestly have no idea how this stupid thing produced so much mad.

[Anonymous No.166560]

>>166557

>they don't like my shitty 100x more expensive ideas
>wahhh stop being mean to mean to me

pic related, it's you, kid

[Anonymous No.166575]

>>166551
There isnt?

You still have to ferment the wash/mash.

[Anonymous No.166576]

>>166560
I like his idea as I've already stated.