chalkdust41485
This is no hobby....
So, I just wanted to share my recent stupid lesson learned/"I'll never do that again" moment and wanted to see if anyone else has some valuable information to share to help other brewers out.
So, my stupid lesson learned came from my excessive need/love for smelling the fermentation fragrances.
I brewed up my first self-made recipe of Oatmeal Stout on Sunday and by Monday the air lock was just happily bubbling away. This was also my first fermentation in my recently purchased Holiday 5.0 cu. ft. freezer and Johnson temperature controller (which is working beautifully). Well, one of the times checking on the progress of the fermentation, I opened the lid and dunked my head into the freezer and took a big whiff to see what wonderful scents were coming from the bubbling air lock. Here's my Homer Simpson's D'OH moment: CO2 is heavier than air and since that is what's being generated by my fermentation AND that my freezer lid was shut keeping all of the CO2 inside, all I got was a big whiff of CO2, which BURNS! It grabbed my throat and "Three Stooge'd" my eyes... Not the brightest moment in my life and I know to never do that again, except to tell someone to do it that I don't really care about...
Anyone ever done the same thing or something similar?
If this thread should be moved to a different area, then please put it in the right area.
So, my stupid lesson learned came from my excessive need/love for smelling the fermentation fragrances.
I brewed up my first self-made recipe of Oatmeal Stout on Sunday and by Monday the air lock was just happily bubbling away. This was also my first fermentation in my recently purchased Holiday 5.0 cu. ft. freezer and Johnson temperature controller (which is working beautifully). Well, one of the times checking on the progress of the fermentation, I opened the lid and dunked my head into the freezer and took a big whiff to see what wonderful scents were coming from the bubbling air lock. Here's my Homer Simpson's D'OH moment: CO2 is heavier than air and since that is what's being generated by my fermentation AND that my freezer lid was shut keeping all of the CO2 inside, all I got was a big whiff of CO2, which BURNS! It grabbed my throat and "Three Stooge'd" my eyes... Not the brightest moment in my life and I know to never do that again, except to tell someone to do it that I don't really care about...
Anyone ever done the same thing or something similar?
If this thread should be moved to a different area, then please put it in the right area.