So Im a noob and thought that Id share my first experience with a blow off tube mess. First heres what Ive done so far, Got my first beer making kit in December for Christmas, batches made so far:
1. Alititude amber ale that came with kit, just bottled yesterday.
2. Midwest Kolsch, primary
3. Ed worts Apfelwein, primary
4. Just made Brandon O's Graff yesterday, using Wyeast 3068 weizen
So I used the same blow off tube set up for the Graff as I did on the Apfelwein, because I used the weizen yeast on that as well and it needed it cause it filled the bottle with a heavy foam. By the way, all 5 gal batches in 5 gal carboy. Well I only used a quart sized mason jar for the blow off tube with about 2" of sterilized water in it, well woke up this morning and the closet reeked of beer/apple smell, open the door to find out that it filled the jar up with foam as well and over flowed, not a lot but a bit, luckly the closet is tiled, sort of easy mess, but had to pull all three primaries out to clean the bottoms, lesson learned, use a bigger jar for your blow off tube.
-Cheers
1. Alititude amber ale that came with kit, just bottled yesterday.
2. Midwest Kolsch, primary
3. Ed worts Apfelwein, primary
4. Just made Brandon O's Graff yesterday, using Wyeast 3068 weizen
So I used the same blow off tube set up for the Graff as I did on the Apfelwein, because I used the weizen yeast on that as well and it needed it cause it filled the bottle with a heavy foam. By the way, all 5 gal batches in 5 gal carboy. Well I only used a quart sized mason jar for the blow off tube with about 2" of sterilized water in it, well woke up this morning and the closet reeked of beer/apple smell, open the door to find out that it filled the jar up with foam as well and over flowed, not a lot but a bit, luckly the closet is tiled, sort of easy mess, but had to pull all three primaries out to clean the bottoms, lesson learned, use a bigger jar for your blow off tube.
-Cheers