Jackburton187
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First batch of home brew. I brewed a partial extract double IPA yesterday. OG was 1.075. I chilled the wort with a immersion chiller to about 70 degrees and added to a 5 gallon glass Carboy. I added 2 smack packs of Wyeast 1056 to Carboy and put on airlock. I put the Carboy in my basement which sits at 55 degrees ambient. I placed the Carboy in a sink full of water with a fish tank heater set at 68 degrees to keep the temperature around 68.
I woke up this morning (12 hours from yeast pitch) and the wort overflowed and lost almost 1.5 gallons of wort (see before and after photos. Upon discovery I took off airlock and sanitized/ cleaned it out with starsan and replaced the airlock. Water temp is still holding at 68 degrees.
I have heard of blow-off, but this was seriously over a gallon of lost wort. I expected some blowoff since I had a high OG and not much headspace in the Carboy.
Am I in trouble? Did I screw up somewhere? Is the beer ok?
Note: I was very carful of sanitizing everything to lower risk of infection.
I woke up this morning (12 hours from yeast pitch) and the wort overflowed and lost almost 1.5 gallons of wort (see before and after photos. Upon discovery I took off airlock and sanitized/ cleaned it out with starsan and replaced the airlock. Water temp is still holding at 68 degrees.
I have heard of blow-off, but this was seriously over a gallon of lost wort. I expected some blowoff since I had a high OG and not much headspace in the Carboy.
Am I in trouble? Did I screw up somewhere? Is the beer ok?
Note: I was very carful of sanitizing everything to lower risk of infection.