ClassicXJ
Well-Known Member
Well after 1 1/2 years of homrebrewing, I finally had a explosion in the basement. I brewed a extract Kolsch kit from Northern Brewer on Sunday. I used a 1500ml starter that sat on a stir plate for 3 days. When I left for work at around 3PM Monday the blowoff tube was going like crazy and the top of the bucket seemed to be curved out a little. Somewhere around 8-9Pm my wife said she thought she heard a noise from downstairs but just ignored it. The bucket was in a 60 degrees room and according to the stick on thermeter is was 60-62 degress.
After cleaning everything up and getting the cover back on the bucket, within 30 minutes it appeared it was getting ready to go again. I reopened the bucket and removed some of the krausen. It seems to be okay this morning. I guess I'll have to give it a couple more days and check the S.G.
After cleaning everything up and getting the cover back on the bucket, within 30 minutes it appeared it was getting ready to go again. I reopened the bucket and removed some of the krausen. It seems to be okay this morning. I guess I'll have to give it a couple more days and check the S.G.