AllHoppedUp
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I brewed an imperial stout on Friday and it got a good head of foam on it just from dumping it into the bucket (thick stuff). I pitched the yeast and then sometime in the night on Saturday night the krausen managed to plug up my 3-piece airlock and the pressure built up to the point that it blew. I would have thought that maybe just a small section of the lid would have come loose to relieve the pressure but the lid was 3 or 4 feet away from the bucket and there was beer on the ceiling and walls. I was pretty shocked. Anyway, I spooned out some of the foam from the top in an attempt to remove any contaminants that may have fallen in from the air while the lid was off, put the lid back on, and put in a new airlock. A few hours later that one started filling up with crap too! So I just took it off and inserted a chunk of siphon tubing to use for a blow-off. Anything I might be overlooking that could have caused this? Or is this normal behavior for big beers?
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