Blew Lid over 10 Feet

Paul_Aris · Jul 18, 2011

Quality of the yeast must be really good. No starter used. Smacked the Wyeast pack only 1.5-2 hours before I used it.

Brewed yesterday. Sometime this evening the lid blew off and was laying 10 feet away. I don't know how long it was open but should be Ok.

It is an oberon Clone using Wyeast 1010 American Wheat.

foyt20 · Jul 18, 2011

Wowzer! I could understand the airlock, but the whole lid? Damn.

avidhomebrewer · Jul 18, 2011

Nice pic. Time for a blowoff tube....

Paul_Aris · Jul 18, 2011

Yeah, those lids snap on tight too. I have cleaned and sanitized the lid once again and installed a blow off tube into a growler of water. Pulled the other airlock on the other 5 gallons of oberon and cleaned and sanitized it and reinstalled. I don't even know if I have another tube to install on that one.

dfc · Jul 19, 2011

I was relieved to see pics. I had a batch once that was about to blow the lid. I went to check on my fermenter and the entire bucket (lid included) was convex. I caught it in the nick of time.

beerandloathinginaustin · Jul 19, 2011

Paul_Aris said:
Pulled the other airlock on the other 5 gallons of oberon and cleaned and sanitized it and reinstalled.

Good. Was just getting ready to say you might have trouble ahead with that one too.

DannyD · Jul 19, 2011

The pressure inside the buckets are interesting, I ones tested my blow of tube to see if it was airtight, by ......wel......blowing on it. I was amaized how violent the lid blow of....

Paul_Aris · Jul 19, 2011

Its may be a good time to experiment with open fermentation. LOL.

Revvy · Jul 19, 2011

Best one of mine ever did was about 3 feet. 10 must be a record.

Chia · Jul 19, 2011

mine did the same thing on sunday morning. from the guys that i talked to the blow off tube is a must for wheat beers. i also put mine in a swamp chiller to cool the yeast down and make it a little less active. mine has not blown off since, but there is a ton of force pushing up on it atm...

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