Betrayed!

Before I went to bed Saturday night I checked my fermenter and my little yeasty babies were happily bubbling away. When I got up Sunday morning it was apparent they rioted overnight... the airlock was blown out of the carboy and thick, green foam had overflowed the neck and into the swamp cooler. After an hour of clean up and rigging a blowout tube the little bastards are still in revolt and producing rhino farts like there is no tomorrow, I don't know why the wee beasties are acting this way but I'm locking the door to the bedroom and keeping a spray bottle of starsan by the bed tonite.

And this is a probelm because...?

What temp are you fermenting at? The crazy krausen blow out has never happened to me, but my fermenters have a good amount of headspace.

6.5 gallon carboys FTW. Never had a blowout, even with my current 9.0%+ ABV double IPA going nuts.

Welcome to the wild world of home brewing, not for the faint of heart. You have some healthy, robust yeast, a good thing! But, make sure to keep to prescribed temps for the beer style, an active, but too warm ferment can create some strange flavors, don't ask how I know

You'll have the last laugh when you send them off to "das coola"

Swamp cooler keeps the temps around 65-70 with no problem. I think the problem is mostly lack of headspace.

scrambledegg81 said:

Never had a blowout

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Then you my friend, must not have kids.

Brundoggie said:

I don't know why the wee beasties are acting this way but I'm locking the door to the bedroom and keeping a spray bottle of starsan by the bed tonite.

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This seems like sound advice

ROTFLMAO!!!
Threads like these are why I love this community! Congrats on such an active fermentation tho!!

I bet the smell was a very pleasant smell. God I miss those sleepless nights listening to my yeast churn.