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Old 03-09-2009, 02:59 PM   #1
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Old 03-09-2009, 03:01 PM   #2
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Man, that's a messy beer.


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My beers always seem to do that too . My blowoff catcher is in my brewpot as I speak for a 1.1 OG Stout. I'm predicting a nice mess when I come home from work today.
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Wow, that is a good looking mess...

Would it help if the level of the liquid in your blowoff jug was lower? This may give a little more head room in your blowoff?
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I just did a Hefe on Saturday... Yesterday morning, that thing was blowing up. Good I keep mine in the bathtub as well... Took the stopper and lock off for about 6 hours and let it open ferment until t settled down.

Did you use a hefe yeast for the dunkel? I used WLP300 - one vial, no starter... Crazy active yeast!
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Wow, that is a good looking mess...

Would it help if the level of the liquid in your blowoff jug was lower? This may give a little more head room in your blowoff?
It was half to two thirds full when it all started.
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I had the same mess with my Dunkel! Thing went off for a week... The first 72 hours was intense I thought the gas was going to blow the lid right off the bucket.. Today is a week since bottling might have to give her a try today good luck on your new baby!
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Try putting the blow off tube bucket? up higher so that the tube has some verticalness to it.
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LOL!

I am a big fan of foam control drops now. No blowoff tube required... though I still use one just in case.
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Dunkel...great word.
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