Whoops
Moderators: BlackDuck, Beer-lord, LouieMacGoo, philm00x, gwcr
Whoops
I haven't used an air lock in a really long time. I have been using nothing but a blow off tube since I got my conical. Well this time I didn't and I should have. I didn't want to put wood chips in my conical as I was afraid they might clog my spigot. So I used my ale pale. Mistake number 1 as my pale doesn't have near as much head space. Then I thought since I am using Windsor Ale yeast there was no need to move my hose and bucket into the shower when an air lock would suffice. Long story short in the middle of the night I heard something that sounded like a gunshot. I wondered what it was then went back to sleep. This morning I went down to see if there were any bubbles in the air lock.
Re: Whoops
Nice picture, glad most of it was contained in the shower. At one time there were bubbles in that air lock. 
Naked Cat Brewery On Tap
Re: Whoops
Freeze it, and market it. Hipsters will buy it, ironically.
Making beer and stew for the Zombie Apocalypse.
Never mind, there it is.
Never mind, there it is.
Re: Whoops
With all that Krausen you may not have to worry about an infection. Otherwise you now have a sour 
Howling Husky Brewing Company
-
FrozenInTime
- FrozenInTime
- Posts: 2807
- Joined: Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:19 pm
- Location: Frozen Tundra
Re: Whoops
Wowsirs! Them be some hoppy yeasties!!!
Silverleaf Vineyard & Winery / Old Mission Hops Exchange / Porchside Vineyard / The North York Brewing Company
Wow! That's a hella lotta krausen!
Re: Whoops
That's awesome.
Re: Whoops
Like others, I'm glad that it was a contained mess for you. It goes to reinforce my belief about there being two kinds of brewers:
1) Those that have had blowoffs
2) Those that will
1) Those that have had blowoffs
2) Those that will
Re: Whoops
That's one hell of a fermentation!!
-
FedoraDave
- FedoraDave
- Posts: 4208
- Joined: Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:52 pm
- Location: North and west of the city
- Contact:
Re: Whoops
Wow. Been there, done that, got the commemorative plate.
I use Better Bottle carboys, and I've had the bung/airlock propelled ten feet or more from a blow-out. Fortunately, the beer survived. But now I always use a blow-off tube for the first week of fermentation. Then I switch it to an airlock, clean out the tube, and use it on the next batch, as I brew on a weekly basis.
I don't always need the safety of a blow-off (my current batch of Tennessee Cream Ale, brewed yesterday, isn't going to get more crazy fermentation; the krausen has already fallen), but as my dad always says, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
I use Better Bottle carboys, and I've had the bung/airlock propelled ten feet or more from a blow-out. Fortunately, the beer survived. But now I always use a blow-off tube for the first week of fermentation. Then I switch it to an airlock, clean out the tube, and use it on the next batch, as I brew on a weekly basis.
I don't always need the safety of a blow-off (my current batch of Tennessee Cream Ale, brewed yesterday, isn't going to get more crazy fermentation; the krausen has already fallen), but as my dad always says, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Obey The Hat!
http://www.homebrew-with-the-hat.com
Some regard me as a Sensei of Brewing
http://www.homebrew-with-the-hat.com
Some regard me as a Sensei of Brewing
Fedora Brauhaus
Re: Whoops
The only time I didn't use a blowoff in recent history was my recently brewed batch of Fresh Squeezed IPA. It's a 3G batch fermenting in a 6G bucket, though - lots of head space.
And the airlock was still going
in case anybody is wondering about doing this. There's no way there is any oxygen left in there.
And the airlock was still going
in case anybody is wondering about doing this. There's no way there is any oxygen left in there.