How to Make an Airlock for Wine and Beer Production

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Clean out a clear plastic bottle.

   Prescription pill bottles with the label removed work well.
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   Step 2: Drill an 1⁄8 inch (0.3 cm) hole in the lid and a hole the size of an average ballpoint pen in the bottom of the bottle.

   , Insert the pen in the bottom hole of the pill bottle and push it in all but 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) from the top.
   
   Mix fast-curing two-part epoxy and seal the pen to the bottle. , Place it over the end of the pen inside of the pill bottle. , Place the end of the pen all the way through the cork. ,,
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   Step 3: Take the guts out of a ballpoint pen so that you have an open tube remaining.

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   Step 4: Clean out a rifle cartridge (30/30

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   Step 5: or anything with a diameter greater than that of the pen).

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   Step 6: Drill a hole in a cork slightly smaller than the diameter of the pen.

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   Step 7: Fill the pill bottle with water up to 1⁄4 inch (0.6 cm) below the top of the pen inside.

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   Step 8: Insert the cork end into the bottle in which you are fermenting your wine

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   Step 9: or moonshine mash.

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