Brewed a Hefe Today - Will This Be A Problem?

Ended up with a higher batch than planned.

OG still came in higher than target.

I pitched a 1L starter of Wyeast 3068. Not much headspace but I do have s blow off tube.

Is this going to give me grief?

This is after pitching the starter.

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All the white labs Hefeweizen strains I've used have been big krausen producers. If you don't let the blowoff get plugged you should be fine. Make sure you have enough empty space in your blowoff container or you may have a mess there.

 

Oh yeah, this is gonna be epic...

Cheers!

 

Get a blow off tube on that bad boy immediately!

 

Yep, almost certainly gonna spew!!! Other than that it will be Beer!

 

Hefeweizen's will blow lids off buckets,and paint ceilings.

 

Heh. I've been in the same spot before. Get a blowoff on there and you're good. If you can get a giant blowoff tube - like the size of the bottle's opening, that's even better.

 

I would get the thickest tube you can get. 1/2" probably 3+ ft and get just as much sani/water in the blow off bottle to submerge about 1" and let that thing breath as easy as it needs. It will climb the tube, it will fill that bottle, and it will make great beer. That fermentation on it looks great all ready

 

Thanks folks.

That foam in the picture is from transferring the wort.

I checked it this morning and it's already bubbling away!

I've got a 3/8" (I think) hose into a bung going to a 1/2 gallon milk jug that is 1/2 filled with Starsan. I'll keep an eye on it!

 

Pour out at least 1/2 of the sanitizer. You only need to keep the end of the tube submerged. Use the space you gain for collecting the blow off. Otherwise your blow off container will blow off........

 

Do I need to be concerned with the hose not being in sanitizer while I'm pouring out some of the container?

 

Swapped out the blow off container for a larger one. The 1/2 gallon one was almost full!

Check out this fermentation action!

https://youtu.be/6AAMyKGlZFw

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Just had a Hefe threating to blowoff as well. 6 drops of Fermcap tamed the krausen.

 

Good to know.

 

3068 makes a mess every time. The krausen always smells like vomit after a rough night out to me. The end product is worth it though!


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