Belgian Yeast = no joke

I pitched a 2L starter of WLP550 yesterday around 4pm into my Belgian Trippel (slightly overfilled my bucket at around 5.5 gal). I was expecting it to take off pretty quickly, as the starter was overflowing out of my growler (and I'm sure I lost some yeast to that as I had a small puddle around the base). Well last night it was just barely bubbling the airlock, I was a little disappointed. I shouldn't have been, this morning I awoke to a fermenting bucket that was about to explode! The airlock was full of krausen/hop particles and the lid was bowing outward at a disconcerting angle. I finally manage to pull the airlock (no easy task, it was stuck pretty good) and I am treated to a face full of krausen/hop particles. Good times! I fitted a blow off tube into the swamp cooler it's sitting in and it's now happily bubbling away.

So in the future I will be sure to just fit the blow off tube on any Belgian beers I brew, those things ferment with vigor!

I used Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II with a large starter for my imperial stout. I woke up the next morning to folds of krausen lying on top of one another. Definitely a nice strain and I was glad I used a much larger fermenting bucket than I thought I needed.

Sorry! Just waking up and read this and laughed so hard I spit out my coffee......

I finally manage to pull the airlock (no easy task, it was stuck pretty good) and I am treated to a face full of krausen/hop particles.

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Somebody has to say it....... Brewkkake.

beergolf said:

Somebody has to say it....... Brewkkake.

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Made my day!

beergolf said:

Somebody has to say it....... Brewkkake.

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I'm not even sure what to visualize at this point.

What were the first two words out of your mouth and was the first one "Oh ..."?

JonM said:

What were the first two words out of your mouth and was the first one "Oh ..."?

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Actually I just laughed. I had glasses on so nothing got in my eyes thankfully.

And I'm laughing even more at the brewkake.

beergolf said:

Somebody has to say it....... Brewkkake.

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lol.. too much.