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My kraut bubbled over in the pantry and made a real mess
I was in my kitchen in Denver last fall and heard a pop. The airlock on my two gallon crock got clogged and it pushed brine all over the floor. Anyone know a good way to keep the airlock clear with really active ferments?
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blairm7720d agoMost Upvoted
Ugh, been there. Had a beet kvass explode once. Try a bigger airlock or just a loose lid?
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That beet kvass story is rough. Instead of just a bigger airlock, I started using a blow-off tube. You run a tube from your crock's lid into a jar of water. When it gets crazy active, the foam and stuff shoots through the tube into the jar instead of clogging a tiny airlock. Saved me when I did a big batch of garlic honey that went wild.
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riverb1320d ago
My Denver pantry still smells like pickles from a similar sauerkraut geyser last year. I started using a blow-off tube into a half-gallon jug for the first week of any ferment now. It looks like a science project gone wrong, but my floor is grateful.
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