Woohoo...I just popped my blowoff cherry!

I brewed a Belgian Dubbel Sunday night and while I was at work today skimming through these threads, I came across some blowoff questions and I thought to myself, are all these people having blowoffs primarily using carboys. I only use buckets as my primaries and thought to myself I'll never get a blwoff because of the headspace in the buckets...Low and behold I get home and there is beer in my airlock and chunks of krauesen floating in there trying to clog it up! Of course I didn't have any hose large enough to fit a blowoff, so I had to take my airlock to Lowes and get some tubing (I attached the blowoff hose to it and I didn't wanna guess on the size it happens to be 1/2" ID). So I a happy to say "I got blowoff!"

No there wasn't a question I was just excited and wanted to share

Congrats on the first blow off. At least you discovered it before it popped the top of your bucket off.

Welcome to the club! Keep using that blowoff tube, because SWMBO will not clean the crap off the celing for you!

Yeah thanks it was really goin when I got home, its not blowing off anymore, buy it was a new experince to me.

Those Belgian strains are wicked little beasties! :rockin:

Yes they are...

Brewmasters Warehouse said:

Congrats on the first blow off. At least you discovered it before it popped the top of your bucket off.

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But that takes all the fun out of it. :rockin:

Lemme guess, Wyeast 3787/WLP530?

Actually it was WLP540 Belgian Abbey IV Platinum Series, good guess, it is supposed to be middle of the road 530/550. Smells pretty good. Will probably be able to put my airlock back in tonight, but It was interesting to have my first blow off, that airlock was boiling yesterday evening! I really like White Labs, I haven't had the chance to use any Wyeast because my LHBS does not carry it, but I have had great success with White Labs, and I like their vial containers are great for storing washed yeast in!

The dubbel I just did(Wyeast 3787) was volcanoing for two days. Went from 1.075 to 1.010. It's gonna be a little strong.

530 is my favorite Belgian yeast. Nioe and spicy without heavy fruity flavors. I may have to try the 540.

smizak said:

The dubbel I just did(Wyeast 3787) was volcanoing for two days. Went from 1.075 to 1.010. It's gonna be a little strong.

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Ohhh you poor baby.. Send it my way.. I'll take that terrible brew off your hands