Airlock bubbling over

[vitale232]

This thread has been gold for us new folks, so I'm going to resurrect it.

We had a really active fermentation bubbling through the airlock, so we rigged up the blowoff. All seems to be well. I think we'll switch back to the airlock pretty soon.

My question, though, is if you have such active yeast during primary fermentation, will they produce issues during bottle conditioning? I'm imagining if the rate of off gassing is the same, we'll have bottles poppin' like new years eve. Perhaps the yeast don't get as excited about the priming sugar? Any experienced folks have ideas?

Thanks for the golden nuggets of knowledge!

 

[Revvy]

This thread has been gold for us new folks, so I'm going to resurrect it.

We had a really active fermentation bubbling through the airlock, so we rigged up the blowoff. All seems to be well. I think we'll switch back to the airlock pretty soon.

My question, though, is if you have such active yeast during primary fermentation, will they produce issues during bottle conditioning? I'm imagining if the rate of off gassing is the same, we'll have bottles poppin' like new years eve. Perhaps the yeast don't get as excited about the priming sugar? Any experienced folks have ideas?

Thanks for the golden nuggets of knowledge!

Nope. There's BILLIONS of yeast cells in there. It's not going to matter. No need to start worrying about stuff like that.

 

[tyronnster]

This saves me asking the same question as mine is so active lol

 

[jcambrose]

Happens to all of us at one time or another, it means you have a very very active fermentation...

First off, pull the airlock off anc clean and re-sanitize it...stick it back in, then grab a hose (I found the the one from my bottling wand worked when I needed it) and rig up a blowoff tube..

Everything including your beer will be fine!!! Between that and dropping the rubber grommet into the bucket, means you know you have truly entered the brotherhood of the homebrewer.

I know this is an old thread, but I had my first airlock bubble over this afternoon, a little more than 24 hours into fermentation (it was doing fine a few hours ago!!). A quick google search led me straight here and crisis averted. The only spare hose I had that would fit is a little dirty so I will change the blowoff tube setup out for a traditional airlock once she slows down a little to prevent skunking the brew. Thanks guys!!