bbbrew
Well-Known Member
Question for you guys. Last week, when my lager would start because of older yeast, I stop at one of the local Microbrewery's here in Cleveland. They got me set up with a Wyeast 2206 right out of their fermenter. It was well aerated and when I got home I poured about a 1/3 of it into the fermenter, and away it went.
Now for my question. Since I had 2/3 of a liter left, I thought why not make another batch this weekend. So, (2) days ago I made a starter and pitch it into the 2 liter container; first mistake I assume. And boy was I suprised when the container violently expanded. Not knowing what to do, I just capped it off and placed it into a bullet proof cooler and put it back into the frig around 45F. It held, but when I tried to pitch it into the fermenter pail with my newly brewed Pilsener (wasn't even going to attempt to dump it into the carboy hole), I didn't get to far with a 1/4 of a turn of the yeast container. It was spraying all over. At that point I just got the lid off as fast as possible and dumped it in. The hell with contamination at this point. Could someone give me some insights as to how to handle something like this in the future.
Thanks,
BB
Now for my question. Since I had 2/3 of a liter left, I thought why not make another batch this weekend. So, (2) days ago I made a starter and pitch it into the 2 liter container; first mistake I assume. And boy was I suprised when the container violently expanded. Not knowing what to do, I just capped it off and placed it into a bullet proof cooler and put it back into the frig around 45F. It held, but when I tried to pitch it into the fermenter pail with my newly brewed Pilsener (wasn't even going to attempt to dump it into the carboy hole), I didn't get to far with a 1/4 of a turn of the yeast container. It was spraying all over. At that point I just got the lid off as fast as possible and dumped it in. The hell with contamination at this point. Could someone give me some insights as to how to handle something like this in the future.
Thanks,
BB