fermentation lock

(Brewing) a valve placed on the top of bottles of fermenting wine to allow bubbles to escape

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Translations

fermentation lock

n → Gärventil nt

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References in periodicals archive

If yours doesn't have a cover fitted with a fermentation lock, you can cover it with a 12- to 16-gallon trash bag during the primary fermentation stage.

Press out the pulp, pour the wine into a secondary fermentation jug, and secure the fermentation lock. Check it the next day; if there's a deep layer of lees, rack and filter the wine.

Make Wine the Wild Way: Feeling adventurous? Create simple and light wines from locally foraged ingredients

Seal the fermenter and affix the fermentation lock, filled with water, to the fermenter.

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6-foot clear plastic hose fermentation lock and rubber stopper thermometer and beer hydrometer 60 beer bottles, 60 caps bottle capper

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Seal the fermenter, and affix the fermentation lock, filled with water, to the fermenter.

Home brew: you can save a buck and produce your very own craft beers--it's easier than you think!

Some country wine makers dismiss the hydrometer, Campden tablets, fermentation lock, and even wine yeast as extraneous paraphernalia.

(Any specialized items, such as fermentation locks, can be ordered through wine equipment suppliers.

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The lid is drilled and fitted with a rubber grommet so a fermentation lock (sometimes called an airlock) can be inserted.

Homemade wine the easy way: preserve your fruit harvest and become a self-taught winemaker

The result of a hard day or two at the press: a decent amount of brown apple juice sitting in an array of barrels and demijohns, their fermentation locks bubbling away nicely.

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Fermentation locks, bottles, frozen mugs or tall pilsener glasses--pretty much the ones you like best.

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