homebrewflyfish
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Hey all, so I brewed up this 1.090 DFH 90 minute clone yesterday. I had quite a time of doing it.
After a couple hours this thing was already bubbling away. This morning before work, the airlock was pumping away and right before I left I noticed it was a touch brown. Well I get a call from the gf this afternoon that says it is exploding.
So I rushed home to take care of the mess. There's 5G in a 6.5G ale pale and it foamed right up to the top and kept on going. The airlock clogged up and it was spraying about 3ft up in the air through the little holes in the airlock cap. Took me a quite a while to figure out how to contain it. Ultimately, I used a blow off tube.
But wow those yeasties are going to town in there. It was both annoying (the cleaning), and awesome (at least I know something's happening)!
After a couple hours this thing was already bubbling away. This morning before work, the airlock was pumping away and right before I left I noticed it was a touch brown. Well I get a call from the gf this afternoon that says it is exploding.
So I rushed home to take care of the mess. There's 5G in a 6.5G ale pale and it foamed right up to the top and kept on going. The airlock clogged up and it was spraying about 3ft up in the air through the little holes in the airlock cap. Took me a quite a while to figure out how to contain it. Ultimately, I used a blow off tube.
But wow those yeasties are going to town in there. It was both annoying (the cleaning), and awesome (at least I know something's happening)!