bhughes
Well-Known Member
I usually brew IPAs that have a start gravity of about 1.070 or so and ferment in a 6.5 gallon plastic carboy with a blowout tube and I usually get a lot of blowout stuff.
This weekend I wanted to go ahead and brew 2 batches but I only have 1 carboy so I used my old 6.5 gallon plastic bucket which uses an airlock for the 2nd batch. As expected, this batch is fermenting vigorously and the airlock has so much krausen stuff in it, it looks like a mini batch of beer inside it.
I was just wondering if not having a blowout tube for all that krausen to blow out of is bad for the beer or has any affects on it, or does it all just sink to the bottom once it settles down?
This weekend I wanted to go ahead and brew 2 batches but I only have 1 carboy so I used my old 6.5 gallon plastic bucket which uses an airlock for the 2nd batch. As expected, this batch is fermenting vigorously and the airlock has so much krausen stuff in it, it looks like a mini batch of beer inside it.
I was just wondering if not having a blowout tube for all that krausen to blow out of is bad for the beer or has any affects on it, or does it all just sink to the bottom once it settles down?