I'm fermenting a Belgian Saison using White Labs Belgian Saison 1. I pitched a 700 ml starter yesterday at 7:00 pacific. I was in the other room working and heard the explosion - bam my blow off tubing attached to one of those orange carboy caps blew off... yeast all the way to the ceiling. What did I do wrong? I was quick to act... swabbed the lip with alchohol and replaced the setup. How much should I be worrying about contimination during that short exposure time? Maybe I should have went with the 1/2 inch tubing, I'm using the smaller size attached to an orange carboy cab with a stopper between the tubing and cap... what do others use for their blow off tubing rig?
blow off tubing just blew off!
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Evan!
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mendlodc said:
Yeah, those little tubes do nothing for a serious blowoff. Here's mine:
IIRC, it's 1.25" OD vinyl tubing cut to length from Lowe's. It fits snugly into the carboy with no further modification. This is what you need---the racking-tube-attached-to-carboy-cap setup gets clogged up in no time.
davidr2340
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Yes... It will work on a 6gal. carboy.mendlodc said:
After this...
I switched to this... 1 1/4" from Lowes,
Works great!!!
i wouldn't worry about the batch. if it was blowing up like that, nothing probably got back into it.
davidr2340
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Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the batch... I'm drinking mine as I type this... And it's amazing!!!mendlodc said:
LMFAO,I think my wife would just kick my ass clean up over my shoulders if a batch of mine did that,not to mention the ridicule I'd receive as I was removing said blow-off from the ceiling with a Q-tip for punishment.... I haven't used any starters up to this point so fermentations haven't taken off that violently. Shane
davidr2340
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Dogfish Head 90min. IPA clone...Raffie said:
davidr2340 said:Dogfish Head 90min. IPA clone...
I'm planing to do one of those. I guess I had better get a good blowoff set up before hand.
Is this the right kind of tubing?
Detailed Description:
Essential for most primary fermentations, a blow-off system provides a closed system to prevent contamination yet allows excess foam and pressure to vent from the fermenter. 1" i.d. 1.25" o.d. plastic blow-off tubing, buy as much as you need by the foot.
Detailed Description:
Essential for most primary fermentations, a blow-off system provides a closed system to prevent contamination yet allows excess foam and pressure to vent from the fermenter. 1" i.d. 1.25" o.d. plastic blow-off tubing, buy as much as you need by the foot.
Turkeyfoot Jr.
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mendlodc,
That's what I just bought from Home Depot for $1.70 a foot. Should fit a 5 gallon carboy from what I've read but I haven't tested it yet, no empty carboys.
That's what I just bought from Home Depot for $1.70 a foot. Should fit a 5 gallon carboy from what I've read but I haven't tested it yet, no empty carboys.
