darkestdays
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
I have been lurking for the last few weeks, but finally decided to post.
A friend recently gave me and my buddy a glass carboy which we are currently using as our primary for our third batch of beer. When we added the wort to the water in the carboy, we realized that the carboy must have been exactly 5 gallons because the beer went all the way to the top of the carboy. We siphoned some of the beer out, and the level of beer is now a couple of inches from the neck of the carboy.
My question is: Will this be ok when the beer starts fermenting? Are you supposed to leave a certain amount of space between the beer level and the top of the primary fermenter? I am already getting some krausen forming, so I hope it will not overflow or anything.
On another note, I noticed that there is a small orange dot on the top of the krausen. Could this potentially be an infection?
Any information will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-Chris
I have been lurking for the last few weeks, but finally decided to post.
A friend recently gave me and my buddy a glass carboy which we are currently using as our primary for our third batch of beer. When we added the wort to the water in the carboy, we realized that the carboy must have been exactly 5 gallons because the beer went all the way to the top of the carboy. We siphoned some of the beer out, and the level of beer is now a couple of inches from the neck of the carboy.
My question is: Will this be ok when the beer starts fermenting? Are you supposed to leave a certain amount of space between the beer level and the top of the primary fermenter? I am already getting some krausen forming, so I hope it will not overflow or anything.
On another note, I noticed that there is a small orange dot on the top of the krausen. Could this potentially be an infection?
Any information will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-Chris