Hello all. Just finished my first brew day (Caribou Slobber) with the Deluxe Starter Kit from Northern Brewer. All went well and I hit my O.G. spot on, but I’m wondering why the carboy bung isn’t staying on as it should. Maybe it’s still moist from the star san, but it keeps popping up to where it’s pretty lose. I don’t want to let it sit for two weeks like that. Any info would be appreciated!
Yes, moisture/slipperiness from the starsan. You can keep it in place with a wrap of plastic-wrap. then, in a day or so as it drys, you can push it in place and it will stay.
I had that issue and said screw it and taped it…will suck if i get in a blow off situation. But i also look at my carboys a lot so i would know if one was coming. Some people just stick a blow off hose right in there from the beginning.
If you have a 6 gal carboy, you shouldn’t have blow off, unless there is a high gravity and yeast is very very active. The bung stinks, but the rubber ones do the same thing. after one use of the new bung it will get kind of “broken in” to say, and it shouldn’t slip out again. Check the reviews for the bungs, there’s problems with them all.