All Grain Fermentation Blow Off Question

[RotorHead6]

I made Ed Worts recipe Bavarian Hefeweizen yesterday. The brew went great and I transferred into a 5 gallon fermenter bucket. Tonight I noticed my placed smelled a little to much like fermentation. At high krausen it blew through the airlock.

My question is do I need to replace the airlock on the top of the fermenter now that it has frothy gunk all through it? Does this pose risk for infection? Thanks.

 

[McKBrew]

You can safely pull it off, and clean it before re-installing. Fermenting beer gives off plenty of CO2 and will keep the nasties out. If it's still coming out the top you might need to rig a blow-off.

 

[RotorHead6]

Do I need to make sure and sanitize before sticking the air lock back into the grommet hole?

 

[auto]

Do I need to make sure and sanitize before sticking the air lock back into the grommet hole?

I would w/o a doubt

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

You should look into some Fermcap-S. No more blowoff problems here!