u/SmokeyLawnMower

I hate my university desk so much

Bought a couple new containers and was given a 3rd for free. The one.on the right has roughly a cup of sugar and 1 and a half teaspoons bakers yeast. The one on the left was my origional pet project, and it seems to have stopped bubbling on like day 4 or 5. Weird. Anyway the lids been edited again.

The bung hole (lol) on the bottlr lid has been cut wider and had the pen lid _inserted_ this time, then with the tube on it and the blu-tack is more just to make it airtight.

One of these will be for wine, nd the other for either mead or more cider

The carton fell apart so ive had to use bluetack and a bottle from the recycling bin to fix this. The carton was wet on the outside and when i tried to unscrew it the whole front came off. Poured it into a bottle and threw the rest away. Shame, it was bubbling earlier. Now nothing. Did i kill it?

Lets see.

Update: Bung keeps coming off. Taped it down.

Update: bubblin again.

Update: bung come off, taped it down

There was air getting in FO SHORE coz it reinflated when i squeezed it, and i couldnt figure out where from, so i had a proper look and:

1. the tape just wasnt filling enough gaps between the card + the plastic well enough

2. the tape wasnt holding well enough and was creating new gaps by coming unstuck

3. there was somehow a gap between the pen lid and the random tube i found in the garage

So i

1. Removed all the tape

2. applied Loads of bluetack between the penlid and the carton

3. taped it back into position so the bluetack wouldnt shift

4. put some tape around the seal between the tube and penlid.

Actually looks less clunky now and works better as the reinflation no longer happens

You can see, the side has pressed in a bit and it hasnt reinflated. That should be enough that the air gets redirected to the tube rather than the surrounding area now and theres enough room for air that sits in the carton to be produced and not cause the liquid to leak upward again into the goddamn "airlock".

My ghetto ass setup:

All the howtos on google said an airlock was important even for cider, but you can just use a cloth or whatever, however most people said to use a proper airlock. As you can imagine ive never done this before, but i made a makeshift one at home based on a graphic i saw online.

Air can come out into the water in the flagon, but not past the water and into the tube.

I didnt have an air thing like the one in the photo so I got a pen lid and taped it like hell to the lid then attached the tube to that.

Would like to monitor the temperature as well. It should be bubbling by tommorow, and im told when it stops bubbling, the yeast has done all it can and stopped producing Co2, and its either ready, or soon ready. Either way you can age it seperately, and should do so to reduce the yeasty taste.

Its a litre of Apple juice with a god knows of crappy bakers yeast.

Update on new development soon.

Sorry it's not taken where I found it, I didnt think about photographing it before I pulled it. This one was found in relatively fresh woody soil near the vegetables i grow in my border. Last time i posted here i received 0 results but id still love to know what I found. Are these photos good enough?