bhegarty
Active Member
I brewed my second batch on monday. It is in a 6.5 gallon ale pail at approximately 68 degrees. I did a full boil this time around and filled the pail to about 5.75 gallons. I figured that I would have some blow off so I hooked up a tube going into a five gallon bucket 1/4 full of sanitizer.
On my first batch, the airlock never bubbled and three days into fermentation the top blew off and krausen was all over the wall of our spare bedroom. I'm glad I was home and cleaned it quick before wifey knew what happened. When I closed the pale this time around I used a rubber mallet to be sure it was closed tightly. So this batch is also in the spare bedroom and I have not seen any bubbling in the blow off pail. You can smell the fermentation and there is a little play room on the lid of the pail where you can lift it a few millimeters before it catches on the pail. The krauzen looks to be almost to the top of the pail. About 2 hours ago I put an empty 5 gallon carboy on top of the pail to see if that would help with the seal of the lid and there still is no bubbling in the blow off pail.
Does my primary not seal properly? Does anyone have any recommedations or thoughts to help a noob?
On my first batch, the airlock never bubbled and three days into fermentation the top blew off and krausen was all over the wall of our spare bedroom. I'm glad I was home and cleaned it quick before wifey knew what happened. When I closed the pale this time around I used a rubber mallet to be sure it was closed tightly. So this batch is also in the spare bedroom and I have not seen any bubbling in the blow off pail. You can smell the fermentation and there is a little play room on the lid of the pail where you can lift it a few millimeters before it catches on the pail. The krauzen looks to be almost to the top of the pail. About 2 hours ago I put an empty 5 gallon carboy on top of the pail to see if that would help with the seal of the lid and there still is no bubbling in the blow off pail.
Does my primary not seal properly? Does anyone have any recommedations or thoughts to help a noob?