charlesnj
Member
Hello,
Well I got a lovely brewing kit from my fiancee for Christmas and finished the first batch yesterday evening...I was very careful about following the instructions and also read Palmer's book for more help....
When I poured the wort into the fermenting bucket there was a significant amount of foam which made it very difficult to get a specific gravity....I never realized I was supposed to put some in a separate container....Anyways it appeared to be about 1.070 which was what the instructions said was ideal....
So I sealed it up, threw it in the closet, and put the airlock on it....So today I check on it and see it's bubbling nicely....a couple hours later the water is yellow brown....then shortly after it's bubbling over the airlock...I do some quick searches about what to do...So I clean it, resanitize and reapply....Very quickly I have the same problem so I decide to do the blow off tube....So I connect that and run it into a bottle which after a few hours is dark brown and still taking lots of foam....
So I was tinkering with the tube thinking maybe I inserted it in too far so I pulled it out a bit and off course went too far and had some lovely spray on the ceiling....so I immediately replace with already sanitized airlock while I now clean the tube and resanitize...
So I've put in the tube again but now I'm getting some bubbles around where the tube is inserted and the black little o-ring is lose....what can I do to stop the gas escaping or is it really a big deal? I'm still pulling foam down the tube and into my bottle....There appears to be plenty of pressure still inside the bucket because the lid is raised slightly....Since the fermentation is so vigorous right now I don't think it's too bad but when it slows will it allow bacteria to leak in? I plan on doing a secondary with a 5 gallon carboy in five days also....
Ok second question, when I was adding water to the 5 gallon mark I only filled till about 4 and 3/4 gallons to account for all the foam....Is this going to effect the beer? Now I'm down to about 4.5 gallons from the foam and other gunk coming out the tube...should I be worried?
Cheers,
Charles
Well I got a lovely brewing kit from my fiancee for Christmas and finished the first batch yesterday evening...I was very careful about following the instructions and also read Palmer's book for more help....
When I poured the wort into the fermenting bucket there was a significant amount of foam which made it very difficult to get a specific gravity....I never realized I was supposed to put some in a separate container....Anyways it appeared to be about 1.070 which was what the instructions said was ideal....
So I sealed it up, threw it in the closet, and put the airlock on it....So today I check on it and see it's bubbling nicely....a couple hours later the water is yellow brown....then shortly after it's bubbling over the airlock...I do some quick searches about what to do...So I clean it, resanitize and reapply....Very quickly I have the same problem so I decide to do the blow off tube....So I connect that and run it into a bottle which after a few hours is dark brown and still taking lots of foam....
So I was tinkering with the tube thinking maybe I inserted it in too far so I pulled it out a bit and off course went too far and had some lovely spray on the ceiling....so I immediately replace with already sanitized airlock while I now clean the tube and resanitize...
So I've put in the tube again but now I'm getting some bubbles around where the tube is inserted and the black little o-ring is lose....what can I do to stop the gas escaping or is it really a big deal? I'm still pulling foam down the tube and into my bottle....There appears to be plenty of pressure still inside the bucket because the lid is raised slightly....Since the fermentation is so vigorous right now I don't think it's too bad but when it slows will it allow bacteria to leak in? I plan on doing a secondary with a 5 gallon carboy in five days also....
Ok second question, when I was adding water to the 5 gallon mark I only filled till about 4 and 3/4 gallons to account for all the foam....Is this going to effect the beer? Now I'm down to about 4.5 gallons from the foam and other gunk coming out the tube...should I be worried?
Cheers,
Charles