So I'm trying a clone Deshutes Black Butte. First porter, first liquid yeast. I actually had a bit more then I was planning so it was pretty high in the 3gal better bottle. I woke up in the morning with some pre-porter in the airlock and figured I'd better rig up a blow off tube stat. I've seen alot of people do the bottom of the 2 piece airlock hosed into another vessel. Figured I'd try that. Missed the tidbit about cutting out the cross members. Thats where the shotgun comes in. Took me a good hour to get it all cleaned up. Luckily I've got a mini fridge just for fermenting.
My questions are.
I've got some NASTY looking krausen sitting on top of my beer. Any issue with this? Should I rack to a secondary to avoid letting it absorb back into the beer?
Anyone have any recommendations for blow off on 3gal better bottles? I tried 1/2" on the standard better bottle bung but its a real pita to get it on there. My latest try you can see in the pics below.
My questions are.
I've got some NASTY looking krausen sitting on top of my beer. Any issue with this? Should I rack to a secondary to avoid letting it absorb back into the beer?
Anyone have any recommendations for blow off on 3gal better bottles? I tried 1/2" on the standard better bottle bung but its a real pita to get it on there. My latest try you can see in the pics below.
