CrAzYmOuSe
Well-Known Member
Last Friday I brewed my first Kolsch with my 2nd starter ever. When I checked on it the next morning the lid to my fermenter was bulging like a teenagers huge zit and the airlock was full of krausen and hissing at me like a pissed off Gila Monster. I bet if I would have let it go another hour I would have painted the ceiling. I quickly (thanks to this forum educating me) replaced the airlock with a blow off tube and it happily released its pressure. Heck, there is still some activity today a full week later.
I read another poster that said they use a blow off tube for the first week and then a airlock after. After this I may take the same approach.
My question(s), Is it the strain of yeast used/style of beer that made this thing so ferocious and are there other strains or styles to watch carefully? Could it have been my starter? I pitched after following the 2cups water + 1/2cup DME + smack pack starter after I decanted it so I didn't think it was too much, into a 6.5gal plastic fermenter.
I read another poster that said they use a blow off tube for the first week and then a airlock after. After this I may take the same approach.
My question(s), Is it the strain of yeast used/style of beer that made this thing so ferocious and are there other strains or styles to watch carefully? Could it have been my starter? I pitched after following the 2cups water + 1/2cup DME + smack pack starter after I decanted it so I didn't think it was too much, into a 6.5gal plastic fermenter.