Runaway Yeast

justinvn · Mar 9, 2011

So I brewed a honey kolsch extract kit last Friday. Fermentation took off like a rocket 12 hours after pitching and then slowed down to about 5 bubbles a minute by day 5. Today I get home and I have beer in the airlock! Had to put the blowoff tube in. Has anyone had yeast just take off like that so late, or has something else taken over?

android · Mar 9, 2011

that's not all that uncommon if you pitch good, healthy yeast. nothing else ferments that vigorously (as far as I know), so you can be assured it was the kolsch yeast.

edit: sorry, didn't see that this took off after 5 days. i still don't think it was anything besides the yeast.

justinvn · Mar 10, 2011

Thanks. Like most that are new to homebrewing the fear of infection is always looming.

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