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FedoraDave wrote:All I did was cut a small hole in the bottom of a black plastic garbage bag for the airlock to fit through, and it keeps it in the dark the whole time.

I use an old black sweatshirt as a carboy cover, with the airlock sticking up through the neck hole. It looks a bit like a store mannequin gone horribly right.

snooze_button wrote:

FedoraDave wrote:All I did was cut a small hole in the bottom of a black plastic garbage bag for the airlock to fit through, and it keeps it in the dark the whole time.

I use an old black sweatshirt as a carboy cover, with the airlock sticking up through the neck hole. It looks a bit like a store mannequin gone horribly right.

Same idea, Snooze, although your method probably insulates it better, if that's a concern. And, frankly, every mannequin wishes it was full of beer.

I think I will be jumping on one of these. I still brew a lot of smaller batches, especially over the summer because my immersion chiller doesn't work so well for larger batches and my fermentation fridge will not hold a full size bucket fermenter. Although last year I did cut out some of the door shelf to be able to fit a 5 gal pin lock keg as a fermenter. It's just short enough to fit inside and use for larger batches. And then sometimes over the winter I brew inside and can only brew smaller batches on the stove top. A 3 gal fermenter is still in need, a clear Brew Demon Conical is just a nice one to have, I want it.

The clear BDC's are totally cool. Right now, I'm hooked on glass.

I would actually prefer glass carboys, whatever the size. But I decided early on that plastic was better for my circumstances. I can't risk damaging the glass on my basement slab. Even a small nick or imperceptible crack has bad implications for the future.

JimH wrote:Hopefully the people buying this understand that it needs to stay in the dark. And then post some sweet yeast pr0n for us here on the borg.

Even the brown one must not be exposed to sunlight during the fermenting process.

It's the Pervfermentor.

Right, no fermenter should be sitting in the sun's light, i.e. baking in it. But normal daylight won't harm a brown fermenter, or brown bottles for that matter.