Ok, so I currently have my beer in my plastic carboy. When I was at the brew store today, the lady working there gave me a crash course on how the process is done. I had bought a kit, and she gave me a second packet of yeast and told me to use both, that the stronger yeast will eat the weaker yeast and speed up fermentation. She also gave me a sheet with simple directions on it. I followed the directions and everything seemed to go well. That was.... until about 30mins after I had finished. I've read that fermentation would take 2-3 days to begin. Well I looked at my carboy and I saw foam. Not just a little bit, but enough to start creeping up the neck of the carboy. About 10mins later, I looked back at it and had to jump up. The foam had traveled up the neck, thru my airlock and was mushrooming out of the top. I grabbed a towel and began wiping the foam off the top, but that just seemed to make it foam even more. So I put my carboy in my bathtub and took the airlock off. I could actually watch the foam creep out of the top (like those black ash snake fireworks). I figured I would let it sit for a while and the foaming would stop. I let it sit for 40 mins, and the foam still crept out of the top. So I went ahead and put my airlock back on. Now, about an hour and a half later, I checked on it, and there was a tower of foam coming off of the top of my carboy. I blew it off and noticed that foam is STILL creeping out of the top. My friend (who I got my equipment from) says that there is too much yeast in it. But wouldn't the shopkeep who gave me the extra yeast have known what was going to happen?
Anyway, I'm just goin to let my carboy sit in my tub overnight and see what happens.... will this have any affect on my final product?
Anyway, I'm just goin to let my carboy sit in my tub overnight and see what happens.... will this have any affect on my final product?