slantedbolt
Well-Known Member
So I have read a bunch about people using blow off tubes. Are there common style of beers or yeasts that need blow off tubes or is it more of a random thing?
I use a 6 gallon better bottle and fill it to 5.5 gallons. I use a blowoff tube on every beer I do, and rarely switch it out with an airlock...I usually just let it go the whole time.
I do the same. I only use and airlock if I'm doing bulk aging in a secondary. I learned my lesson after my first Hefe.
It depends on a few things: how much headspace you have in your fermentor (the less space the more likely that krausen is going to explode all over your lovely carpet); fermentation temperature (since gas is more expansive at higher temperatures and conversely contracts at cooler temperatures, all that stuff would love to get out of your fermentor if the yeast is kicking at its upper temperature threshold); and whether or not a starter was made -- a starter will likely incur a violent, messy (desirable) fermentation.
Is it every really necessary to use a blow-off tube for a 6.5 gallon bucket with regular or even over pitching
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