Ahhhh help! What should I do with this? (yeast explosion) - Page 2

**scottatdrake** · 10-03-2011, 02:21 PM

So, I guess this why people do primary fermentation in a bucket and not a carboy. Not enough head space in there.

cttbax · 10-03-2011, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by scottatdrake

So, I guess this why people do primary fermentation in a bucket and not a carboy. Not enough head space in there.

Yeah.. I have never had a problem in the past doing primary in a carboy...however, I switched yeast strains in this batch. I normally use California Ale Yeast (White Labs)...for this batch I used East Coast Ale yeast (White labs) and BOOM!

day_trippr · 10-03-2011, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by scottatdrake

So, I guess this why people do primary fermentation in a bucket and not a carboy. Not enough head space in there.

Probably because he's fermenting at least 6 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy.
The same thing would be true fermenting 6 gallons in a 6.5 gallon bucket...

Without using silica anti-foam that's pretty much guaranteeing some major drama...

Cheers!

cttbax · 10-03-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by day_trippr

Probably because he's fermenting at least 6 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy.
The same thing would be true fermenting 6 gallons in a 6.5 gallon bucket...

Without using silica anti-foam that's pretty much guaranteeing some major drama...

Cheers!

yeah I think its supposed to be 5 gallons, but by the time I fill it up, I am usually a little tipsy and my judgement is impaired. Whooops!

**cheier** · 10-03-2011, 08:05 PM

I have a barleywine that tastes absolutely fantastic. During fermentation, there was enough pressure on the airlock to launch the bung right out of the carboy. Put a new airlock in and let it continue doing its thing.

I frequently have dirty airlocks to deal with. You figure I would have learned to use a blowoff tube by now, but I just never feel like it.

**scottatdrake** · 10-04-2011, 03:07 PM

Oh, yeah. I was just coming here to suggest a few drops of Fermcap-S but day_trippr beat me to it. That stuff works really well in my experience.

ChaosStout · 10-04-2011, 03:13 PM

Get yourself some of these and some tubing http://www.midwestsupplies.com/carboy-cap-3-5-and-6-gallon-carboys.html

I dont even use regular airlocks. Just the carboy caps with blowoff tube. Save yourself alot of headache and mess clean up

TheMan · 10-04-2011, 03:34 PM

you can also just get a smaller diameter hose that fits over the inside pipe of the airlock, and thus use the airlock and bung without needing a 1 inch diameter tube.

Wyrmwood · 10-04-2011, 03:50 PM

I use a 1" hose. It fits tightly in my 5 gallon carboys and I don't lose much to blow off. In fact, some of what I lose is future trub; mostly hop particulants, heavy fats, proteins as well as some beer, depending on how active it is. Ideally, use a 1" hose and a 6.5 gallon carboy for a 5 gallon batch. If you do a 6 gallon batch in a 6.5 or a 5 gallon in 5 gallon carboy, that carboy cap and tiny hose is going to hit the roof

The caps are nice in place of an airlock, but not really in place of a blow off tube unless you have a lot of head space (and don't need a blow off tube in the first place).