Have you ever had beer blow out the airlock at the top before? If so, good or bad sign?
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Volcano Brew...
Mon, May 29, 2006 - 7:59 PMVolcano Brew is a great sign of an awesome batch of beer. =)
Keg it, enjoy it, share with friends.
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Fri, June 9, 2006 - 8:58 PMhappy happy yeast are having a party in your honor!! -
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Mon, June 19, 2006 - 8:14 AMWhen that happens to me, I sterilize a one gallon container and siphon off a little so it can froth without poppin the cork and exposing it to possible contamination. Those 6.5 gallon carboys are good for 5 gallon batches that might froth in excess. -
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Mon, September 4, 2006 - 8:22 PMAgreed. A 6.5 gal is my next purchase.
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Sun, August 26, 2007 - 11:32 AMstuff happens ! Perhaps just a little hasty putting on the lock after the initial blowoff. Happy yeast, but is the fermentation lock still sanitary? Or full of brew?
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Mon, August 27, 2007 - 1:52 PMYes - if you are brewing a highly active batch, might consider using a bucket lock instead of stopper-type water lock to protect against contamination should lock blow out. Bucket lock is basically plastic tubing: connected to stopper on one end and wound and taped into gallon bucket full of water on other.
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Mon, August 27, 2007 - 11:07 PMLOL, I learned that on my first batch 14 years ago... your yeast took off like gang busters... use a blow off hose into champage bottle 1/2 full of water
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Tue, December 4, 2007 - 3:51 PMBack in ~2000 I planned a batch of Russian Imperial Stout. It was a really high gravity recipe. I brewed a batch of a more sane stout one sunday and the imperial the next. When the Imperial was cooling after the boil I racked the first stout into the secondary, then I put the Imperial onto the trub from the first batch. Basically I had a 5 gallon yeast starter! The next day I went out of town for a week. When I got home I found the airlock about 10 feet away. The floor was sticky in a 5 foot radius and I had to get a ladder to clean the beer off the ceiling. Both stouts were great.
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Mon, December 31, 2007 - 7:47 PMI had this happen in the 5 gallon carboys but not since i switched to 6.5
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Re: Blowing The Top Of Your Lock Out
Tue, January 15, 2008 - 6:31 PMTrying to find the pic that I took with my camera phone. I was watching TV when I heard a low thump sound...didn't think anything of it. Checked on beer before bed in the closet and the foam had blown the lid off of a 7.5 gallon bucket (air lock also). The foam was billowing out everywhere. Was a wheat beer that ended up very "thin" tasting. I'll post the pic if I find it.
cheers,
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