HELP required My Brew has took the lid off my Bucket!!!!!!!

[derbyowl]

Ironcially after the thread of yesterday talking about brewing temperatures.I have come downstairs to fine that the brew ( Muntons Gold Imperial Stout ) has forced the lid and the towel covering the bucket up and some ( Not a lot has come over the top ).
What has gone wrong?
Things that have changed : 1) This is the first time I have put a towel over my bucket.
Help and advice urgently required please :pray:

 

[BrewStew]

don't panic Mr Mannering!

yeast leaping out of airlocks, bucket lids, blow off tubes etc isn't uncommon... the trick is to have the fermenter placed on a towel just in case it overflows

edit - it's a good thing by the way... the yeasties are going mental

 

[prolix]

dark beers like stout have a tendancy to form great krausen, a blow off tube will work or just put it on a towel or a tray and enjoy the spectacle the yeast are.

 

[derbyowl]

dark beers like stout have a tendancy to form great krausen, a blow off tube will work or just put it on a towel or a tray and enjoy the spectacle the yeast are.

Past the age of Panicing about anything
Questions ( Some a bit basic I know but please humour me )

1) Is there anything I could hav e done to avoid this?
2) what is a blow off tube could you post a link please
3) What is Krausen
4) Do you think the beer is damaged
5) Would it have helped if it had been in a cooler place perhaps

ps The other thing that I have started to do is stir the malt after I have put the boiling water in do you think this has an effect? What I am trying to learn

 

[BrewStew]

dark beers like stout have a tendancy to form great krausen, a blow off tube will work or just put it on a towel or a tray and enjoy the spectacle the yeast are.

Past the age of Panicing about anything
Questions ( Some a bit basic I know but please humour me )

1) Is there anything I could hav e done to avoid this?
2) what is a blow off tube could you post a link please
3) What is Krausen
4) Do you think the beer is damaged
5) Would it have helped if it had been in a cooler place perhaps

ps The other thing that I have started to do is stir the malt after I have put the boiling water in do you think this has an effect? What I am trying to learn

1) Is there anything I could hav e done to avoid this?
not really, it happens

2) what is a blow off tube could you post a link please
a blow off tube is similar to an airlock and usually found on larger fermenters. it's just a tube that allows the co2 to escape through and the other end is immersed in water or sanitiser to create the airlock effect

3) What is Krausen
the crusty head when fermenting

4) Do you think the beer is damaged
nope

5) Would it have helped if it had been in a cooler place perhaps
nope, 18'c to 22'c is fine, is just because your yeast is in top form and your wort is really fermentable


ps The other thing that I have started to do is stir the malt after I have put the boiling water in do you think this has an effect? What I am trying to learn
are you talking about during the mash stage? at the end to raise the mash over 76'c?

 

[derbyowl]

dark beers like stout have a tendancy to form great krausen, a blow off tube will work or just put it on a towel or a tray and enjoy the spectacle the yeast are.

Past the age of Panicing about anything
Questions ( Some a bit basic I know but please humour me )

1) Is there anything I could hav e done to avoid this?
2) what is a blow off tube could you post a link please
3) What is Krausen
4) Do you think the beer is damaged
5) Would it have helped if it had been in a cooler place perhaps

ps The other thing that I have started to do is stir the malt after I have put the boiling water in do you think this has an effect? What I am trying to learn

1) Is there anything I could hav e done to avoid this?
not really, it happens

2) what is a blow off tube could you post a link please
a blow off tube is similar to an airlock and usually found on larger fermenters. it's just a tube that allows the co2 to escape through and the other end is immersed in water or sanitiser to create the airlock effect

3) What is Krausen
the crusty head when fermenting

4) Do you think the beer is damaged
nope

5) Would it have helped if it had been in a cooler place perhaps
nope, 18'c to 22'c is fine, is just because your yeast is in top form and your wort is really fermentable


ps The other thing that I have started to do is stir the malt after I have put the boiling water in do you think this has an effect? What I am trying to learn
are you talking about during the mash stage? at the end to raise the mash over 76'c?

Thanks for your help Brewstew.

A bigger fermenter probably makes sense since there is only a few inchs gap in a 5 gallon bucket. I have not seen a bigger bucket than 5 galon but I will enquire.

As regards the stiring of the malt and boiling water I never bothered doing this in the past just poured the tins into the bucket added some boiling water then topped up with Cold. I read on this site that stirring the kit when you add the boiling water would help dissolve the malk and therefore would speed up fermentation and I wonder whether this has addeed to the problem I have had today. This is the second kit I have done this with and I did notice the previous kit ( Brewmaker Yorkshire Bitter seemd to kivk off quicker than normal ). what do you think?

 

[BrewStew]

oh i thought you meant during a mash...

with kits, yeah i always mixed the tins with two kettles worth of boiling water... it helps to disolve it and stops it sticking to the bottom of the bucket. if you were to just mix the tins with room temperature water you'd have a hard time getting it properly mixed.

dont worry mate, it sounds to me like you've done everything right :thumb:

 

[prolix]

this kind of thing

linky

these you can attach a tube to or just stick a pipe int hole and attach a tube to that

obviously if you have a bucket fermenter you will need to drill a hole and gommet it first

 

[Aleman]

Don't worry this is normal . . . Take a look at my Imperial Russian Stout and you will see that it is indeed very common. I don't worry about it standing the FV in my 100L HLT or 100L FV . . . The only time I was concerned was when it shouldered the lid off a 2.5BBL fermenter . . . that had a breeze block sat on top :shock:

Leyland HB do 33L FV's which are better for more active ferments . . . not necessarily perfect though

 

[prolix]

Aleman linky not working here

 

[Aleman]

Aleman linky not working here

Ok Swift edit to Linky Imperial Russian Stout Should Have sorted it out