dontman
Well-Known Member
I kind of know the response to this but thought I'd get some feedback. I brewed a Dubbel this weekend. Pitched it with a WL Trappist yeast starter. 5.5 gals into 6 gal Better Bottle. Within 3 hours I was blowing off bigtime. I have lost a gallon of beer! Now I am down to less than 5 gallons before I even rack to secondary. Figure I lose another 1/2 gallon there and I have this 6 hour brewing process and 6 month aging process yielding only 4 gallons more or less of finished product. Sheesh!
Finally I am no longer blowing off but I have a two liter blowoff bottle full of what appears to be just plain old wort. I was wondering whether anyone has ever given that a quick boil and reintroduced it to their carboy. I have already boiled it but am reluctant to throw it in for chance of it tainting the whole batch with bitter resins from the blowoff process.
Thoughts?
Finally I am no longer blowing off but I have a two liter blowoff bottle full of what appears to be just plain old wort. I was wondering whether anyone has ever given that a quick boil and reintroduced it to their carboy. I have already boiled it but am reluctant to throw it in for chance of it tainting the whole batch with bitter resins from the blowoff process.
Thoughts?