I kinda filled my carboy a bit higher than typical. Then I added my starter.
Let’s just say there is not much space in the carboy. 5 gallon carboy, beer is 4” from the top.
Should I be worried?
I use a blow off tube so I’m not worried about an air lock filling with kausen. Primary fermentation has not taken off yet.
Greetings Kirk ham - I have made the same mistake before, especially if my starter is large. You will, no doubt, blow out a bit of the kraeusen as I have done. However, I have never realized any adverse affects as a result.
What I do now when I have a large starter is to turn off my stir plate a couple hours before pitching to allow the yeast to settle at the bottom. Then I pour off a good portion of the liquid leaving just enough to swirl around to loosen the slurry. Then I pitch. I’m sure I loose some good viable yeast in the process, so I intentionally make my starters slightly larger than nessary to compensate.
I hear yea. I started with 200b cells. Make a 16oz starter and a half cup of dme. I used a stir plate and had it cranked for maybe 30 minutes. Walked to and from a brewery for one beer (an hour) and it was starting to go. I then left to work for 7-8 hours and pitched it all when I got home. Some has definitely blown off over night and my carboy has the volume where it typically is now.
Starting gravity was 1.071 but I also plan on adding some Candi sugar. Lol.
Fun mistakes.
In other news, it was a very rigorous fermentation. Completely slowed down now and I added candy sugar last night. This morning it was still slow. I also probably lost/blew off about a gallon to a gallon n half of liquid volume.
What does that mean for me/ and the beer in terms of the effects on the final product? I have not read gravity yet. Starting was 1.071.