Just brewed an AG batch of Cream Ale for some light Summertime enjoyment. All went well with the Mash and Sparge (first time doing a batch sparge). I nailed the pre boil gravity.
However, when I went to boil, i placed a lid on the keggle. BTW, new keggle...old one did not have a lid. My thought process was that, with a mild breeze, putting a lid on the keggle would keep air blown particles out of my wort. Also, it seemed to boil faster and hold its temp with lower gas consumption.
Problem, when I went to the fermenter, I had over 5 1/2 gallons of wort. To make matters worse, I did my first yeast starter with a DIY stir plate. Good news is that the fermentation process really took off. Bad news is that I had foam everywhere this morning.
I am going to need to remove the lid and airlock and clean both off and re-install. Not sure how this one is going to turn out. With a gravity of 1.032 going into the fermenter, I am going to have a very low alcohol level and I am not sure what the eruption is going to do to the process. I imagine that I am losing some active yeast out of the foaming catastrophe. Almost tempted to chuck it and start over.
However, when I went to boil, i placed a lid on the keggle. BTW, new keggle...old one did not have a lid. My thought process was that, with a mild breeze, putting a lid on the keggle would keep air blown particles out of my wort. Also, it seemed to boil faster and hold its temp with lower gas consumption.
Problem, when I went to the fermenter, I had over 5 1/2 gallons of wort. To make matters worse, I did my first yeast starter with a DIY stir plate. Good news is that the fermentation process really took off. Bad news is that I had foam everywhere this morning.
I am going to need to remove the lid and airlock and clean both off and re-install. Not sure how this one is going to turn out. With a gravity of 1.032 going into the fermenter, I am going to have a very low alcohol level and I am not sure what the eruption is going to do to the process. I imagine that I am losing some active yeast out of the foaming catastrophe. Almost tempted to chuck it and start over.