Niglodamus
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I brewed a one gallon batch of barley wine (og: 1.136!) and at about 16 hours there is a fatty layer of trub and about a quart (1/4 of my total volume) of blowoff in the blowoff container. I split up the excess, stashed some in the fridge and dumped the rest.
Now, overnight the blowoff container has about another quart of blowoff, with lots of foamy foam.
Questions:
If I had sanitized my blowoff container and had some sanitizer in the bottom, would it be a bad idea to add the blowoff back to my primary once the fermentation has calmed down?
What is the cause of so much liquid disappearing out the tube?
It's obviously a very active ferment, but should I chalk the loss up to just that, a loss? Or is there any thing I can do to not end up with a pittance of delicious barley wine?
Now, overnight the blowoff container has about another quart of blowoff, with lots of foamy foam.
Questions:
If I had sanitized my blowoff container and had some sanitizer in the bottom, would it be a bad idea to add the blowoff back to my primary once the fermentation has calmed down?
What is the cause of so much liquid disappearing out the tube?
It's obviously a very active ferment, but should I chalk the loss up to just that, a loss? Or is there any thing I can do to not end up with a pittance of delicious barley wine?