DieBartDie
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Last night I cooked up an English bitter and for the first time used a glass carboy for the primary (with the usual one way valve). I read in places that serious beer makers "brew primary in glass". I filled the 5 gallon carboy up to the point just before it starts to narrow and put on a fermentation lock (the plastic type with water in).
Next morning where the carboy was stored the laundry room is the scene of a bomb-strike. The fermentation lock had been blown off as high as the ceiling, spatter marks covered walls and (9' high) ceiling and 2 1/2 gallons of wort made a place for itself on the floor. It was like hurrican Katrina, just with beer instead of water. Took 2 hours to clean up the mess.
So advice please - how can I avoid this in the future? Did I really fill the carboy too high? How did such pressure build up when there was a one way valve on the thing? Should I return to plastic bucket primary fermenting.
Advice from brewing experts appreciated...
Die Bart Die
Next morning where the carboy was stored the laundry room is the scene of a bomb-strike. The fermentation lock had been blown off as high as the ceiling, spatter marks covered walls and (9' high) ceiling and 2 1/2 gallons of wort made a place for itself on the floor. It was like hurrican Katrina, just with beer instead of water. Took 2 hours to clean up the mess.
So advice please - how can I avoid this in the future? Did I really fill the carboy too high? How did such pressure build up when there was a one way valve on the thing? Should I return to plastic bucket primary fermenting.
Advice from brewing experts appreciated...
Die Bart Die