Ok before I begin yes this was very stupid.
Ok now that that is out of the way here is what I did. Last week I brewed a scotch ale when doing so I didnt print off the recipe. Im so good I can do everything from memory! Not at all I forgot 2lbs of DLME. When I figured it out I think no big deal I will put it in the milk stout that I was set to brew this weekend. For both the scotch and the stout I was using the same yeast Wyeast labs #1728. My wife being a chemist thought the stir plate was great (I am Lucky) so the scotch ale was the first to use a starter on. I was very worried since the scotch was supposed to be high gravity and I was using more yeast than before I rigged up a blow off tube. Well the action was very boring no need for the tube. Now I tell you all of this mundane stuff to explain how I set myself up for this weekend.
This weekend:
I get my starter going on my stir plate. Then I log on to home brewing forums and start reading about racking onto a yeast cake. I decide I am going to reuse the cake not thinking about the starter I have going. Rack the scotch from primary into secondary. So being in a haze and not thinking I go brew the stout which ends up being pretty high SG measured at 1.062 and rack it onto the cake. Thats when is see it, the starter. Figuring most of the time home brewers dont pitch enough yeast I dumped it in. Dumb action number 1. Then I finished putting the top on and put the airlock in. Dumb action number 2. So I was worried last weekend but didnt even think about it this weekend. Well I checked on the primary just before I went to bed and didnt see any action in the airlock. Well the explosion at 300 am sure let us know that it had begun. I say us, but my wife heard it. I wouldnt hear a freight train running by the bed. She woke me up shaking me saying something like did you hear that what the @#$#@ was that. After the dogs settled down I put the gun back on the nightstand and passed out. She went and found a mess. So she spent two hours cleaning it up and put the primary into the tub with a blow off tube on it this time. She couldnt clean the ceiling (shes a little short and just had ankle surgery) see pictures below. It looks like it is a good thing she put a blow off tube on it. We may have had bomb number two in there. We had a thermometer sitting on top of the primary that we cant find. Im a little worried about it.
Things I know:
1. My wife is a saint, I am very lucky.
2. I will never use this much yeast again.
3. I will always use a blow off tube for the primary no matter what.
Things I need help with:
1. Is this too much yeast? From reading other forums I see different opinions but I am leaning towards yes?
2. Can I save this batch? Maybe rack it to secondary tomorrow? When I say save it I mean from save it from the yeasty taste. Im not pouring anything until its done and still gross(yeasty).
Ok now that that is out of the way here is what I did. Last week I brewed a scotch ale when doing so I didnt print off the recipe. Im so good I can do everything from memory! Not at all I forgot 2lbs of DLME. When I figured it out I think no big deal I will put it in the milk stout that I was set to brew this weekend. For both the scotch and the stout I was using the same yeast Wyeast labs #1728. My wife being a chemist thought the stir plate was great (I am Lucky) so the scotch ale was the first to use a starter on. I was very worried since the scotch was supposed to be high gravity and I was using more yeast than before I rigged up a blow off tube. Well the action was very boring no need for the tube. Now I tell you all of this mundane stuff to explain how I set myself up for this weekend.
This weekend:
I get my starter going on my stir plate. Then I log on to home brewing forums and start reading about racking onto a yeast cake. I decide I am going to reuse the cake not thinking about the starter I have going. Rack the scotch from primary into secondary. So being in a haze and not thinking I go brew the stout which ends up being pretty high SG measured at 1.062 and rack it onto the cake. Thats when is see it, the starter. Figuring most of the time home brewers dont pitch enough yeast I dumped it in. Dumb action number 1. Then I finished putting the top on and put the airlock in. Dumb action number 2. So I was worried last weekend but didnt even think about it this weekend. Well I checked on the primary just before I went to bed and didnt see any action in the airlock. Well the explosion at 300 am sure let us know that it had begun. I say us, but my wife heard it. I wouldnt hear a freight train running by the bed. She woke me up shaking me saying something like did you hear that what the @#$#@ was that. After the dogs settled down I put the gun back on the nightstand and passed out. She went and found a mess. So she spent two hours cleaning it up and put the primary into the tub with a blow off tube on it this time. She couldnt clean the ceiling (shes a little short and just had ankle surgery) see pictures below. It looks like it is a good thing she put a blow off tube on it. We may have had bomb number two in there. We had a thermometer sitting on top of the primary that we cant find. Im a little worried about it.
Things I know:
1. My wife is a saint, I am very lucky.
2. I will never use this much yeast again.
3. I will always use a blow off tube for the primary no matter what.
Things I need help with:
1. Is this too much yeast? From reading other forums I see different opinions but I am leaning towards yes?
2. Can I save this batch? Maybe rack it to secondary tomorrow? When I say save it I mean from save it from the yeasty taste. Im not pouring anything until its done and still gross(yeasty).
