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Heres how much was left after my eruption. Not as bad as I thought it would be considering how much came out. Just a few points from my FG 1.021 (per recipe) so I'm happy bout that.

The foaming slowed down so I cleaned and sanitized the lid and placed the blow tube back into the fermenter. Still pumping co2 rapidly but the lid hasn't blew in over a HOUR so far! And no krausen has made its way through the tubing yet.

Yup. Im not sure really. Wanted to wait for all the activity to go down so I could actually see how much has foamed out. It's slowed down a little but still pushing out little by little. You think opening the lid would better serve keeping all the rausen from blowing out? edit: thanks for the...

lol No. I pitched straight from the yeast tubes since I followed what the recipe instructions said. Final volume was a little above 5 gallons. So 6.5 bucket, 5 gal volume, 1.5 gallon space give or take a little. I aerated by stirring like a mad man for about 2-3 mins.

It's a 6.5 gallon. I have a 6 gallon carboy for secondary. I went and bought a 7.9 gal bucket with a lid that has a vent hole thats plugged with a stopper so in case I want to use a larger blow off tube. Its a HG recipe so I messed when I didnt realize I would need a larger fermenter.

Yeah. Ordering a larger bucket was the first thing I done after trying to get all this controlled. What size do you use for 5 gal batches?

Image. yay

Sadly, the fermenters I received have the small air hole that just fits the air lock and the small tubing I've already used. I did just put a order in for a larger fermenter though.

gotcha. So does the kraussen back off eventually or does it go only once the ferm. is done? Thanks

Woke this morning and still gushing a way! Took a couple snapshots. will post little later

Thanks. Good to hear its a "good thing". I will check out the open fermentation although it sounds like it goes against brewing laws I was shown to follow. Im wondering though why the blow off tube cant absorb the co2 pressure. Any tips so i can avoid in the future? -hef

Thanks. Its the standard siphon hose that came with my kit. Little larger than the air lock hole. But yea was my plan and let it spew. Does this not effect the wort sice it is exposed? -Hef

Hey everyone I have a crazy fermentation going on and dont really know what to do. This is my third batch I've ever done but havent had to deal with this. The beer im making is a dogfish head 90 min clone recipe. Starting og was at 1.089 The batch started it fermentation today. to my...