emr25
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Why such a small blow-off receptacle? I usually just fill my chest freezer full of star san.
Hey that'd be a great way to keep temperature regulated with all that thermal mass!
In all seriousness though we dump our carboy full of StarSan solution into a 5-gallon bucket before filling with wort and have always used that as our blowoff receptacle. Used to be in the bath tub, with the carboy in a large plastic bucket of water / frozen bottles.
I will also swap out to an airlock after the first dry hop is added tomorrow. We've never had a batch blow out of the 6.5 gallon carboy, but the large tube is a safety measure because never say never.