I’m glad that you’re happy and healthy and having fun, but next time I go on vacation could you please stay in the bucket where I put you? I really don’t want to come home to a beer fridge full of glopy brown mess again.
Thanks,
Bruce
Ha. That sucks dude, keep them yeasties under control.
did it blow off your blow off?
In five years of brewing I’ve only had a blow-off maybe twice, so I don’t usually worry about it. This is the first time I’ve been able to keep the beer cool during the summer so maybe that had something to do with it…
I had a blow out once. It sprayed brown goopy sticky hop bit mess all over the wall and ceiling. What a mess.
I awoke late one night to a loud hiss about every 30 seconds. The top of the ferm-lock had blown off and the carboy was spraying down the guest bathroom- walls, ceiling, floor. It was a real mess. Darn hefeweizen yeast!
This was 1028. Weird. Hope it turns out ok. I could barely get the starter to go. Guess it made up for that.
Yep… I had oatmeal stout all over my white walls, carpet, and couch after my airlock blew off during the workday. I came home and found it in my living room floor… about 15 ft. away.
Well, the mystery has been solved. Turns out we had a power failure while we were away. My poor beer probably got up to 70+ for a few hours. Hope it ends up ok.
Yep, just got done wiping down the walls. Sangiovese, the red splatters against the sand colored walls actually wasn’t that bad of a look. Wiped right up - never had wine spew before.
I have. Sophmore in highschool. Red wine spew after a half gallon of Burgundy. :-X
I think everyone has a story where the airlock got clogged and the fermenter blew.
But… then I think of the “Malcom in the Middle” Graduation Episode where Reese’s Oil Drum full of “fermentables” just blows up in the car with the whole family inside it, and I realize it could be worse.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-yie8&p=malcom+in+the+middle+graduation&vid=160345620622&dt=1261036800&l=155&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D160345620622%26id%3D0047d43afde4ce173644a9339fd147e7%26bid%3D8Xl8x%252bVnw2Anyw%26bn%3DThumb%26index%3Dch1%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.youtube.com%252fwatch%253fv%253djme-OLM3uog&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djme-OLM3uog&tit=Great+Expectations+%21%21&sigr=11ae5qjq8&newfp=1
Update on this. Do not let your fermenting beer get to 70/80 degrees if it should be at 65 or so. This batch has a sort of chemical/burnt rubber aftertaste. A sad waste of good Cascade hops. Not super awful but it is now in my secret stash for emergencies only. Maybe a few weeks will help it.
I never have blowouts. Probably because I’m too damn lazy to make a starter.
Somebody is due for a blow off…
;D
You said it, now it will happen!
Some yeast just can’t help but blow-off, no matter what you do or don’t do for them.
Ah, I recall cleaning the ceiling in the living room of our last house so we could sell it…
I had big, messy blow-outs 1/4 batches until I got that anti-foam stuff. It works great.
Your wife let you ferment in the living room? Now there’s a keeper!