Beer Gyser might have expunged too much yeast?

[msa8967]

My young nephew was very interested in the bubble produced by air lock that he went to play with it. Upon trying to remove the air lock he released a beer gyser from the carboy that shot up to the basement ceiling and about 2 of the 4.5 gallons that were in the 6 gallon carboy came foaming out. I quickly replaced the air lock sand the sanitized a blow off tube set up. I am slightly concerned that there may have been some contamination from the beer hitting the ceiling and splashing back done towards the carboy. Now there is about 2.5-3 gallons left and I wonder if I should just let this beer keep fermenting? The yeast was pitched yesterday evening (20 hours ago) and since this is an ale with top feeding yeast I am curious to know if there might be enough yeast left in the carboy to finish the job? (My nephew is doing fine after we washed the beer smell out of his clothes.)

 

[b33risGOOD]

wish i could help but a very amusing story,

glad he wasnt hurt

 

[Arkador]

I somehow don't see you loosing 2gal of wert due to a blow-off incident. In my experience, the only thing you should have seen shoot out would be Krauzen. But I have never had that happen personally. I just notice that everything at the top that can shoot out of the hole is Krauzen.

There should be plenty of yeast to finish the job.

 

[msa8967]

I was wrong about how much wort remains in the carboy. Now after the kraussen has decreased there appears to be just over 3 gallons remaining and it is bubbling away at a much happier pace. My nephew thought this whole experience was cool and wants to do it again. I told his mother he will need to wait until he is over 21 to try this on his own.

 

[DirtyMcCurdy]

I'd keep it and give it a shot; you don't want to throw it away.

I had one batch of beer spray out like that on me (I think it was a Roggenbier if I remember right) because the airlock got plugged by a tiny little bit of hop debris that didn't get whirlpooled out + a very vigorous krausen.

If you use the three-piece airlocks like this, then take a knife or pair of wire cutters/scissors and break off the bottom little "guard" piece. That'll allow that hop debris/krausen to flow up into the airlock instead of blocking it and potentially carbonating inside the carboy. I'd rather wake up to a mess on the floor than have a geyser timebomb ticking away. Just my $0.02