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I'm going to try some more baking soda, but if that doesn't work, the carpet is going to have to come up. The smell is horrible. Something between beer and vomit.

I have a secondary problem now. Anyone know how to get the smell of fermenting wort out of a carpet?

That's kinda what I was thinking. They're even cheaper than glass carboys at my local shop Finally got the mess all cleaned up. It's sad to see so much wasted beer...soaking into a carpet. The odor is still lingering a bit though.

Anyway, I've read through this thread, and I was wondering what is generally thought to be the best plastic primary fermenter. I was thinking that a bucket might not seal properly which may cause some contamination issues and possibly misleading fermentation signs.

Yup. The top shot across the closet. There is spray from the thing all over the walls, and the carboy itself is shattered into a million pieces. Just bought the damn thing too. I think I got the plug in too tight, and the foam clogged the air lock, which was probably my biggest mistake with...

I just wanted to share this with all of you guys. I was working on my fourth brew with my brother. Everything was going fine. Got the beer up into the upstairs closet where I put the other three. Fermentation started just fine, with regular bubbling going pretty quickly. So I went to bed...