I have been a member for a couple of years but this is my first thread. I wanted to get some opinions of what the likelyhood is of my batch being ruined.
I brewed an Imperial IPA in the vein of Stone Ruination or Three Floyds Dreadnaught. I figured since it had an original gravity of nearly 1.08 that I would need a blow off tube instead of an airlock. We finished up last night at around 9pm. When I got up this morning around 10am I was disappointed to see that it hadn't started to show signs of activity. By lunch time things were off to the races. As time went on pressure built until there was bubbling comming out around the lid grommet and around the edges of the lid. Finally there was a boom and the lid blew right off of the fermentor. Check out the pic.
Well we put the lid back on and stacked some books on it. What are the chances I will end up with a ruined batch? I was very careful with sanitation prior to closing up the fermentor the first time. Do you think things will turn out all right?
I brewed an Imperial IPA in the vein of Stone Ruination or Three Floyds Dreadnaught. I figured since it had an original gravity of nearly 1.08 that I would need a blow off tube instead of an airlock. We finished up last night at around 9pm. When I got up this morning around 10am I was disappointed to see that it hadn't started to show signs of activity. By lunch time things were off to the races. As time went on pressure built until there was bubbling comming out around the lid grommet and around the edges of the lid. Finally there was a boom and the lid blew right off of the fermentor. Check out the pic.
Well we put the lid back on and stacked some books on it. What are the chances I will end up with a ruined batch? I was very careful with sanitation prior to closing up the fermentor the first time. Do you think things will turn out all right?