The 9 Best Airlocks For Wine maker (2023 reviews)

The vintage shop airlock for wine maker is capable of outshining several other airlock featured in this list in overall features. These Airlocks Work Great for Fermenting Vegetables. It allows co2 to escape to add to that works for beer, wine or vegetable fermentations. It is great for making hard cider. They hold water and function as expected. This also has better air lock to keep contaminents and bacteria out. It does not make your drink carbonated.

These Airlocks are strong plastic and waaayyy better than the cup type.

Why We Like This:

Purpose of use is great used in fermented foods
Work great on carboy with drilled stopper
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Best For canning jar: Fastrack Rubber Stopper

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate airlock. The fastrack rubber stopper is exactly that - it's a simple airlock that hits all the right notes. The bubbler style airlock is the preferred airlock for secondary fermentation, as it is possible to monitor the pressure inside the fermenter, and is the go to winemaking airlock. It is accessible and owns the playing field. It comes with a pre-drilled hole in the center sized to fit all standard-sized airlocks.

The rubber stopper is about 3 cm/1-1/4 inch in diameter and fits a standard glass gallon jug. It’s very useful for making wine. It is a curved lip on the bung to stop it from accidentally sliding into the fermenter. These are kinda fun to watch the little bubbles gurgle up the thing. It will stand up to continual use.

Why We Like This:

Works great just tough to clean
Fit for 1 gallon glass wine, rubber is solid and soft
Great fit for 5 and 6 gallon carboys
Inch in diameter and fits a standard glass gallon jug

Best For kombucha: box Brew kits Gallon carboy

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We would, of course, be remiss if we didn't mention box brew kits gallon carboy for daily purpose. It fits juice bottles and 1 gallon carboys. It is perfect for home brewing beer, making wine, kombucha, or any type of fermentation. The main body is about 1.5" wide by 3" tall and the stem is roughly 1/2" by 1. The cap is light so easily expels gas. The locks and stoppers work just fine. It can be used in 1gal carboys to make mead. These are easy to clean and work well.

Why We Like This:

Super handy, comes with nice rubber corks and is a solid product
Very nice to have rubber stoppers included, and a exceptional value
Held sanitizing solution for a month without needing to refill

Best For larger carboy: Fermtech Airlock For Wine maker

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The fermtech airlock for wine maker is suitable and reliable and fits well with your daily purpose. These airlocks work great, they are so much better and more pleasing to listen to than the cup style airlocks. It fits well in half gallon juice containers. The stopper could use more adhesive ability. It fits the bottles and can be heavily-crammed in so that it seals, but one would think a slightly softer material would seal and hold better.

These are perfectly standard fermenting air locks. The bungs are a very tight fit on a 1 1/4" opening. It's easy to see if there is still activity with the yeast and they are easily cleaned. It's made of plastic, somewhat easy to clean.

Why We Like This:

Good quality airlocks, and good stoppers for use on 1-gallon plastic apple juice bottles
Delivers what they promise

Best For Wine bottle: Fastrack Airlock For Wine maker

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The fastrack airlock for wine maker should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. This airlock keeps the fruit flies out, and is easy to clean. It works well with 5 or 6 gallon carboys. It can make a blowoff valve too but using some tubing in the stem which is cool. This serves as a passive valve to let CO2 to be released from the fermentation container without letting ambient air and oxygen to get in.

These are designed to go on a fermentation unit to allow sanitary outgassing. There is a fill line on the actual airlock. It fits in a standard gallon glass jar.

Why We Like This:

Works just fine for wine making
Perfect for multiple fermenters, love it
Good bubbler for wine or beer making
You can definitely suck water through it

Best For fermenter lid: Brewland Airlock For Wine maker

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The brewland airlock for wine maker is capable of outshining several other airlock featured in this list in overall features for the price point. This bubble airlock is simple to use, you can dry out the stopper and the inside neck of fermenter to prevent slipping, and fill up the airlock to the fill line with liquid. It is perfect for the hobby brewer and works great. It is ideal for making home brew beer, wine, and perfect to suit homemade mead, sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, pickles, grape juice and so on.

They come with small grommets for a bucket and with corks for a jar. The airlocks are great and the rubber/silicone. It is easy to take apartand clean. It is perfect to fit bottles with.

Why We Like This:

Can be pushed right into the carboy, unless you're really careful
Perfect suit homemade mead, sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, pickles, grape juice
Prompt arrival, strong construction, plastic not fragile
Good product for fermentation of mead

Best With brewers: molovee Airlock For Wine maker

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The molovee airlock for wine maker is capable of outshining several other airlock featured in this list in overall features in its price range. Compared to the old 'S' style airlocks, these are much, much better. It is easily fixed with a small layer of paper towel stuck right under the lid. The silicone bungs are nice to use and make secure connections to your vessel. This also means the grommet will fit loosely in the hole and since you have to push so hard to insert the airlock, you'll want to hold the grommet from the underside to make sure it doesn't push out.

The airlock is designed with many different sizes, made of hard transparent plastic, the pressure is slow when the button is closed. It is much easier to clean, has better 'air' release, not as likely to blow the cap off top if too much pressure is released. Each piece in the kit is set up to work together to provide you with the proper tools to produce healthy food in a simple system.

Why We Like This:

Easy fermenting get jobs done easily
Great for mead and wine making
You can easily see the whole fermentation process

Best For Making One Gallon apple juice bottles: box Brew kits Airlock For Wine maker

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Not everyone likes to purchase airlock for their daily usage, but the box brew kits airlock for wine maker would be an anomoly. It is plastic and fragile, scary when you're jamming the airlock into the cork (bung) hole. It is perfect for home brewing beer, making wine, kombucha, or any type of fermentation. It comes with a stopper that doesn't fit as well with a thin plastic lid like on the big mouth bubbler but it fits well with a glass carboy. The float just rises up slowly, lets out air then sinks back down. Cleaning it is extremely easy and the silicon stopper fit snugly into the gallon jug. It stays tight, clean, and bubbles nicely.

Why We Like This:

Worked really well for the brewing process
All plastic and kind of thin
Works perfectly in a 1 all on carboy

Best For Mason jar: Zazolyne Airlock For Wine maker

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate airlock. The zazolyne airlock for wine maker is exactly that - it's a simple airlock that hits all the right notes. This new type of dust cap has a zigzag design on the surface and will not slide when opened. The stoppers are very flexible and fit both 1Gal and 4L jugs. The wine is fermenting perfectly and no air is getting back in the jar. There are 3 buckles inside, press it down gently, you can close it with a snap, pull it up and rotate to open it. The lid does not need to be drilled as there is a gap around it, which allows the gas to escape.

It works for intended use and also works well for ginger bug.

Why We Like This:

Works great takes effort to clean
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