hxcmassacre
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Its been about 7 hours since i pitched the yeast in my 1st attempt at homebrewing. I sanitized everything except for two spoons i grabbed out of the drawer when my filter clogged up, but im not too worried about that. What did worry me was when i went to check on my brew just now and saw that the airlock was clogged with foam and residue!
Not wanting the carboy to explode all over my wifes clothes, i rip off the lock and foam starts to just pour on out. I rig up a blow off tube into a bucket and its now in the closet happily hissing and spitting out foam.
I have a 6 gallon glass carboy with 5 gallons of brew in it. The kit i purchased is for Sycamore Stout and I used the entire packet of yeast that came with it (the directions said to add the yeast, didn't specify a certain amount-everything else was premeasured.) Also, i got a good bit of residue in the carboy when my filter clogged up.
Is this amount of activity normal or should i do something?
Not wanting the carboy to explode all over my wifes clothes, i rip off the lock and foam starts to just pour on out. I rig up a blow off tube into a bucket and its now in the closet happily hissing and spitting out foam.
I have a 6 gallon glass carboy with 5 gallons of brew in it. The kit i purchased is for Sycamore Stout and I used the entire packet of yeast that came with it (the directions said to add the yeast, didn't specify a certain amount-everything else was premeasured.) Also, i got a good bit of residue in the carboy when my filter clogged up.
Is this amount of activity normal or should i do something?