Remember that time my airlock clogged with kraut gunk. It created a perfect pressure bomb that launched a quart of brine straight up like a geyser. That single event turned me from a casual checker into a religious daily burper.
Holy cow @keithroberts, a whole quart of brine? That's insane... I can't even picture the mess that must have made. My worst was just a little bubble over, but a full geyser sounds like a nightmare. Bet you were finding kraut juice in weird places for weeks after that. Yeah, I'd be checking that airlock every single day too... no way I'd want a repeat.