Masontops Pickle Pipes - Waterless Airlock Fermentation Lids - Regular Mouth Mason Jar Fermenter Caps - Premium Silicone

I've been brewing quite a bit lately. Water has failed to work for me a few times before There has never been a failed fermentation with airlocks. You can't always avoid it, but if you pick your produce well and avoid chemical fertilizers, then you reduce the chances Certainly, these tops are wax-free, free of residue, and if you sanitize your jar, weight, and top, there will be less possibility of a The pros are It is extremely easy to use, extremely easy to clean, and its material is robust and flexible. The cons are This silicone slabs in a cheap plastic container are extremely expensive for only four slabs. Here's a tip As part of my sanitization process, I spray my jars, lids, weights, and airlocks with 3 percent hydroperoxide. You may spray all over them with distilled or filtered water, then leave them in it for 15 to 20 seconds before rinsing. It's no secret that tap water can kill your ferment! It takes me a long time to make my brine but now I use a big Pyrex To each cup of filtered water, I weigh 7 grams or one large level teaspoon of kosher salt or pickling salt. like to make extra brine, usually a quart, because it's better to have too much brine than too little. You can layer your vegetables, herbs, and spices in the brine. Don't forget to leave a lot of room at the top for the spices! Once I have placed my weight, I will slowly add the brine to cover everything! The slow dripping of the water pretty much eliminates the chances of trapped air bubbles under the vegetables. Plastic is the only utensil I use to stir the brine, although wood would probably work as well, but they don't want us to use metal during our fermentation because it's antibacterial. The metal Mason jar ring can be used outside over the Pickle Pipes to hold them in place. I wish you the best of luck with your fermentation!.

Van Floyd

| Dec 05, 2020

It is rare that I write reviews, but I feel compelled to warn my fellow fermenters in Munich! My intent was to ferment cabbage to make sauerkraut out of them. Since I wasn't opening the jar every day, and because I could use these pickles pipes to release the gasses - I was more than happy. Despite my efforts, mold developed on top of all the fermented cabbage! The first batch might simply have been an error, so I tried again with a second batch and was blessed by the same results! The Pickle pipes were the first time I'd ever experienced anything like this! There is nothing more disappointing than having to spend quite a bit of time cutting up the cabbage, salting the cabbage and crunching the cabbage to remove the juices before putting it into jars, which takes quite a bit of time. It is truly a waste of hours of hard work! As a matter of fact, I dumped it all into my organic garden compost. It is obvious from all my pictures that there is mold and you cannot just scoop it off the top of the box, you have to throw it all away since if there is mold on top, there is also mold inside the box. It looks like these pickle pipes might work if you are fermenting for just one week. With sauerkraut, you have to ferment it for four days To properly ferment, you need six weeks. Take caution!


Use at your own risk.

Calvin Andrade

| Aug 22, 2020

This is such a great idea and product. I've tried a lot of different methods of fermenting veggies, and the Pickle Pipe mason jar tops have been my favorites, especially when you've added the glass weights to keep the vegetables The KISS principle is what holds true for me as a retired microbiologist after 30 years of various research fermentations. This is "Keep It Simple Stupid," as these items are simple, easy to use, and quick to apply. In a way, they help prevent fungi from growing in the head space releasing little fragrant fermentation farts which in turn help prevent fungus from growing.

Ramona Estes

| Dec 16, 2020

My sauerkraut jar overflows and ends up all over the counter every time I've made it for years but I've never figured out why Fermentation and spoilage of the contents are prevented. The little babies have been the only ones who have worked for me. I've tried all kinds of products that claimed to cure fermenting issues. It's great to have them! This is the first time I have used a set of these and I am totally impressed. They are easy to use, clean, and In my case, I just mixed the cabbage with some salt, put it into a mason jar, and screwed one of these It took about one week for my cabbage to ferment perfectly. The fuss and the mess are gone. There is no way to overstate how much we love these lids!.

Briar Freeman

| Jun 17, 2021

Two times I have tried to use them, the pickles got sour both times. Silicone tops have a 'valve' at their top that cannot be read one way or the other. The slits are not visible from the outside. There may be a vaguely one-way action on their part, but they do not exactly work one way.

River Bird

| Dec 09, 2020

These are simple to use, and they are also fairly easy It is possible to push the liquid into the vent when it ferments, but if it is too high up the neck of the jar, the liquid gets pushed into the vent. There were a few tries before I found a way to pack the jar so that I can easily remove the glass weights (that is a different product) but not so packed that the liquid would get into the vent of the lid and overflow. Furthermore, the vent does not operate automatically. It might be that I have a lack of patience. When I see the lids bulging upward, I squeeze the vents to prevent it The majority of the time this happens two or three As far as I can tell, the lids do prevent outside air from entering (except for the original air present in the container when the lids were The glass weights we used to have worked fine on their own, but these are still useful enough that I make use of them.

Kamilah BUTCHER

| Dec 04, 2020

Weights are still the means by which I submerge my ferments, but they are my preferred approach to airlocks since they require less Initially, I was concerned that pickle pipes would absorb odors, but they remained odorless after washing.

Aspen Torres

| Mar 09, 2021

So far I have only tried a few, but I plan to test more as time goes on I had very bad luck with ferments using these and it is frustrating to wait weeks only to be forced to throw away a gallon of kraut. There have been many ferments that have gone moldy (blue/green and unsafe) or that have been infected with white kahm yeast (undesirable, but acceptable). It seems like I've had better luck with the Easy Fermenter lids on my Sous Vide, which is a shame since they were so much cheaper, and I really did want to love them. With the number of batches I have going simultaneously increasing, I purchased this set so that I could have more lids. Using these lids, the most likely cases of my ferments failing to work are when I need to add more brine or taste the ferment before continuing it. believe that this is due to the fact that there is no way to remove the air inside once the seal has been broken. Using these lids has been much easier when I have not been forced to open it until the day I am done and it is going into the refrigerator. Due to some of my actions causing some fermentations to fail more often than others, I find that ferments using these lids are generally less forgiving than those using lids with a little It depends.

Milo Freeman

| Aug 24, 2020