Torchiest
Well-Known Member
My massive Imperial Stout took about twelve hours to get rolling, but at T+30hrs or so, it's going absolutely nuts! I've got a blow off tube hooked up, but the fermentations is so strong that it's blowing lots of material through the tube into my sanitized iodine solution tank, and has turned it almost opaque black.
So much material has gone up the tube, in fact, that the level of the brew inside the carboy has dropped by about an inch or so. I'm a bit concerned that I'm going to keep losing beer, but I have no idea what I could do, if anything, or if I'd even want to attempt anything other than just letting it go.
As a side note, I already dumped the iodine solution once and made a fresh tub of it, but it's gotten so much wort/beer in it that it's pretty gross again. How often should I change that? Since the CO2 and foam is blowing so strongly, I suppose I don't have to worry about infection going back up the tube just yet. I could probably leave it for a day or two until the fermentation slows down, yes?
Ideas?
So much material has gone up the tube, in fact, that the level of the brew inside the carboy has dropped by about an inch or so. I'm a bit concerned that I'm going to keep losing beer, but I have no idea what I could do, if anything, or if I'd even want to attempt anything other than just letting it go.
As a side note, I already dumped the iodine solution once and made a fresh tub of it, but it's gotten so much wort/beer in it that it's pretty gross again. How often should I change that? Since the CO2 and foam is blowing so strongly, I suppose I don't have to worry about infection going back up the tube just yet. I could probably leave it for a day or two until the fermentation slows down, yes?
Ideas?