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[pvt_ak]

Lost my virginity today !
Came home and my airlock had blown for the very first time since been doing AG and I had a puddle of mess sitting on top of FV !

Cleaned up and replaced airlock and gave everything a good sanitiser spray !

If Mr Hughes recipes are lively like this now see the merits of the blow tube ... which I will deploy next brew !!

Wyeast 1010 - hello there !!

 

[Nicks90]

I've just realised my ag#2 has done the same.

 

[Clint]

Oh yes...if you don't take the correct measures it will go off all over the place.
Was it a wheat..?

 

[pvt_ak]

Oh yes...if you don't take the correct measures it will go off all over the place.
Was it a wheat..?

It was a wheat mate - past history ?

 

[Clint]

Wheats in my experience are always a bit lively!

 

[pvt_ak]

Now he tells me
It’s bubbling like a witches cauldron!
I’ve never had such a frantic ferm !

 

[Clint]

...it's a dirty job. Where you got it?

 

[Dutto]

Even using a 1.5 litre bottle some brews seem to want to go walkabout!

Here's one that decided to leave the FV ...

... and that's after I cleaned up the mess that it spread over the work-surface!

To keep the fermentation under a modicum of control, I generally start off my brews at the lowest temperature rated for the yeast. If it behaves, then I wind up the temperature by a degree every 24 hours until it's where I want it to be.

 

[Saisonator]

I don't use any form of airlock.

 

[IainM]

Imperial stouts are notorious for this. I haven't seen this video posted in a while:

 

[pvt_ak]

...it's a dirty job. Where you got it?

In the ferm fridge at 18c

 

[pvt_ak]

I don't use any form of airlock.

Just a closer lid with no hole ?
I’ve got one of those too, it’s a burp lid apparently .

 

[Madhouse]

Mine did that this week too! First AG brew, high OG, way more active that the last kit brew.

 

[Horners]

For me no rhyme nor reason to wort climbing out of the FV other than you can guarantee that it will be as good as gold if you've gone with blow off and will go mental if you've not, especially if you've gone away for a week so you are not actually around to clean up.

 

[Saisonator]

I wonder if the stout on the video would have done that if he had temperature control?

 

[Clint]

Like -20 or 300...freeze it or vapourise it!