scubastan
Active Member
Hi Everyone,
I've spent over 50 hours in the last 3 weeks reading over different threads looking for answers to questions I had before starting my 1st brew.
Well my 1st brew came and went and is now sitting in the Primary Fermentor bubbling away.
I was super excited about cooling my wort from 200F to 70F in about 15 minutes using my homemade wort chiller and was ready to pitch my Whitelab Liquid yeast. I took it out of my fridge early that morning to let it sit for the recommended 3-6 hours. I went to twist that sucker open and the whole thing fizzed out like a badly shaken soda. I had Yeast/Foam all over my hands, and clothing but very little if any left to pitch my Wort with. Made a mad dash to the LHBS and grabbed another vial asking the owner for tips on opening it.
So here is My little Tip when opening Liquid Yeast vials.
When you first take it out of the fridge give it a slight twist to release the built up CO2 and then QUICKLY re-close it, or it will all fizz out. I repeated this process another 2 times to release the additional CO2 that had built up from the warming process. Finally I after waiting a LONG 3 hours I was able to carefully open it without any problems.
I encourage others to post any other small tips they may have picked up along the way that aren't often mentioned in the stickys posted above.
I've spent over 50 hours in the last 3 weeks reading over different threads looking for answers to questions I had before starting my 1st brew.
Well my 1st brew came and went and is now sitting in the Primary Fermentor bubbling away.
I was super excited about cooling my wort from 200F to 70F in about 15 minutes using my homemade wort chiller and was ready to pitch my Whitelab Liquid yeast. I took it out of my fridge early that morning to let it sit for the recommended 3-6 hours. I went to twist that sucker open and the whole thing fizzed out like a badly shaken soda. I had Yeast/Foam all over my hands, and clothing but very little if any left to pitch my Wort with. Made a mad dash to the LHBS and grabbed another vial asking the owner for tips on opening it.
So here is My little Tip when opening Liquid Yeast vials.
When you first take it out of the fridge give it a slight twist to release the built up CO2 and then QUICKLY re-close it, or it will all fizz out. I repeated this process another 2 times to release the additional CO2 that had built up from the warming process. Finally I after waiting a LONG 3 hours I was able to carefully open it without any problems.
I encourage others to post any other small tips they may have picked up along the way that aren't often mentioned in the stickys posted above.
