psychobrawler
Well-Known Member
I pitched about a quart starter of white labs irish yeast onto 5 gallons of a very high gravity imperial (1.110.) The wort was in a 6 1/2 gallon glass carboy fitted with a blow off tube that was submerged in a bucket with some mild bleach water. Fermentation took off like mad and foam started blowing off within 12 hours. After two days it started slowing down, but I noticed I lost nearly a gallon that blew over during that vigorous period.
Has anyone had this happen? Is there anything I can do to prevent losing so much? I was happy to get such a great fermentation, but pretty disappointed to loose that much volume.
Has anyone had this happen? Is there anything I can do to prevent losing so much? I was happy to get such a great fermentation, but pretty disappointed to loose that much volume.