Yikes - help!

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Eeeek - just been into the garage and found that 24H after pitching with WLP300, "Heinrich the Hefeweizen" is making a determined bid for freedom

Never had this before... what do I doo???

 

[Chippy_Tea]

You could try a blow off tube at least then it will go into the container and you can empty it regularly.

 

[Clarence]

Take the lid off. Tie a clean teatowel over the top with a bit of string. Nothing's going to infect your beer through that crust- it's like open fermentation. A blow-off tube will just clog.
Wait till it all settles down, scrape off the crust of yeast and replace the lid. Everything's going spiffingly!

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

You could try a blow off tube at least then it will go into the container and you can empty it regularly.

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Thanks Chippy - while the lid's been off in order to clear up a bit, the head's collapsed right back down. I've put the lid back on loosely and I'm keeping an eye on it

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Take the lid off. Tie a clean teatowel over the top with a bit of string. Nothing's going to infect your beer through that crust- it's like open fermentation. A blow-off tube will just clog.
Wait till it all settles down, scrape off the crust of yeast and replace the lid. Everything's going spiffingly!

Cheers - I've never seen a Krausen like it before: like something from Quatermass and the Pit.

 

[Clarence]

Cheers - I've never seen a Krausen like it before: like something from Quatermass and the Pit.

Ha.Try 1469 West Yorkhire yeast for a real Quatermass Expt.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Ha.Try 1469 West Yorkhire yeast for a real Quatermass Expt.

It's generating the most amazing amount of metabolic heat: it's 11ºC in there but the FV is maintaining 23.2ºc unaided. I'm just going in to loosen off the insulation a bit more.

 

[Clarence]

It's generating the most amazing amount of metabolic heat: it's 11ºC in there but the FV is maintaining 23.2ºc unaided. I'm just going in to loosen off the insulation a bit more.

You need to lower the control rods a bit more into the reactor core.

 

[Alastair70]

It’s an awesome yeast. I do 20L batches in a 30L FV to avoid that outcome.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

It’s an awesome yeast. I do 20L batches in a 30L FV to avoid that outcome.

NOW he tells me....

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

You need to lower the control rods a bit more into the reactor core.

Maybe I should pour in a bit of Chem-san...

 

[Alastair70]

You need to lower the control rods a bit more into the reactor core.

What were you thinking!! That a whole new TETB self-build thread in the offing now

 

[Big_Eight]

Now that's a fermentation!

I had this happen once with Nottingham; I put on a blowoff tube as @Chippy_Tea suggested and it worked out great!

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Thanks for the help everyone - greatly appreciated
I tried a blow-off tube, but the foam was coming out at the rate of about a pint a minute (I kid you not) so I went with @Clarence suggestion of a clean tea towel tied over the top - perfect.
Somewhat relieved this morning to find no further drama; although the garage does smell pretty strongly of... banana...