First mess (pics)

We'll I guess I know why people use blow offs. Here are a couple pics.http://www.flickr.com/photos/42486286@N00/

enjoy.

indian09 said:

We'll I guess I know why people use blow offs. Here are a couple pics.http://www.flickr.com/photos/42486286@N00/

enjoy.

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LOL...just be glad it isn't on your ceiling bro!!!!

hehehhehehe.....just keep it off those pretty mauve painted walls :~)

I forgot to ask, I had to move the carboy around a little, will that affect the beer at all.

nah. just try not to move it about a day before you plan to rack, helps keep trub down.

YeeeeeeHawwwwwww...Houston we are go for lift off...........congratulations....success!

indian09 said:

We'll I guess I know why people use blow offs. Here are a couple pics.http://www.flickr.com/photos/42486286@N00/

enjoy.

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Yeah, it seems that everyone learns this lesson sooner or later.

It looks like you've just got it sitting out in a room. Did you uncover it for the pictures, or has it just been sitting out in the light? If so, cover it up with something dark.

ohe bugger me m y mess would kill me

Beer porn...sweet.

You're not really a homebrewer until you've mopped the ceiling!

Sam75 said:

Yeah, it seems that everyone learns this lesson sooner or later.

It looks like you've just got it sitting out in a room. Did you uncover it for the pictures, or has it just been sitting out in the light? If so, cover it up with something dark.

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Its covered....thx for replies.

We warned you about that pink, man. But noooo, yuo had to be a brew-rebel and leave it there.

Yeast don't like pink! Would somebody please think of the children?!?!?

david_42 said:

You're not really a homebrewer until you've mopped the ceiling!

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I have, I have!! Blew the cover off my plastic fermenter. Actually put a dent in the ceiling . (Low ceiling by the way). Now I remember why I switched to carboy's.

Indian09 - As for your blowoff. That looks like a 5g carboy right? You'll be doing this often if it is. I'd recommend a 6.5 for your primary...

desertBrew said:

Now I remember why I switched to carboy's.

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So you can have chunks of glass flying around?

Kai

Kai said:

So you can have chunks of glass flying around?

Kai

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Live dangerously I say . I'd think the path to least resistance would be the projectile carboy bung. Has a carboy ever broken during a ferment (that wasn't defective). Probably has; that'd be fun

Yup, 6.5 carboy for the primary is the way to go.

david_42 said:

You're not really a homebrewer until you've mopped the ceiling!

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i'm trying my damnedest not not become a homebrewer then!! lol i don't really like the though of mopping the ceiling!! thats why i'm getting all my huge fermenters so my brew has room to grow!! i just ordered a 7.9 gal, 10 gal and 20 gal fermenters!! plus a 3.5 for half batches

Ah that's nothing. The walls are still white aren't they I had one that just covered the walls..... the ceiling. Oy it was a mess. Took weeks to clean and I am glad I was not married when it happened

desertBrew said:

Indian09 - As for your blowoff. That looks like a 5g carboy right? You'll be doing this often if it is. I'd recommend a 6.5 for your primary...

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Or at the very least a blowoff tube and a bucket.