Drunken Monk
Active Member
So last night I brewed up a Goose Island Nut Brown Clone, cooled to about 80 degrees, pitched some dry muntons yeast that I rehydrated in about a half cup of wort and went to bed.
This morning the airlock was ful of wort and there was foam coming out of the top of it. It wasn't bubbling. I pulled the bung out of the carboy and I heard a bunch of gas hiss out. So I run to the sink and wash up the three priece airlock thinking I could put it back on and go to work. No dice. The Carboy was oozing krausen so I grab some paper towels and wipe it off. The krausen keeps coming. This is when I wish I had a blowoff tube that would fit my carboy.
After about a quarter roll of paper towels it hits me. I have evrything I need to make a blowoff. My siphon hose fits perfectly in the drilled stopper! Just add a bucket of water and there you have it. Crisis averted!
I guess it goes without saying that I will be using this blowoff system for Primary from now on. I'll save the airlock for Secondary.
I figured I would share this story since there are probably a bunch of brewers out there that have everything to make a blowoff like this but never really thought of doing it like this. I always saw people use the 1 inch tube and never thought I could use the things I already had until I absolutely had to.
This morning the airlock was ful of wort and there was foam coming out of the top of it. It wasn't bubbling. I pulled the bung out of the carboy and I heard a bunch of gas hiss out. So I run to the sink and wash up the three priece airlock thinking I could put it back on and go to work. No dice. The Carboy was oozing krausen so I grab some paper towels and wipe it off. The krausen keeps coming. This is when I wish I had a blowoff tube that would fit my carboy.
After about a quarter roll of paper towels it hits me. I have evrything I need to make a blowoff. My siphon hose fits perfectly in the drilled stopper! Just add a bucket of water and there you have it. Crisis averted!
I guess it goes without saying that I will be using this blowoff system for Primary from now on. I'll save the airlock for Secondary.
I figured I would share this story since there are probably a bunch of brewers out there that have everything to make a blowoff like this but never really thought of doing it like this. I always saw people use the 1 inch tube and never thought I could use the things I already had until I absolutely had to.