Beer up into blowoff tube and into bucket

[andyplank]

Hey guys, I've got a holiday-ish brew going with some nice yeast currently making sweet, sweet love to a bit of yeast nutrient. Just by looking at the color of the bucket that my blowoff tube is leading to, it looks like a little bit of beer may have gone up my blowoff tube and into my sanitized water bucket. Is this a bad thing? Do I need to replace the blowoff bucket with new sanitized water?
Thanks in advance!

 

[emyers]

Completely normal. Wait until the fermentation is done blowing foam out the tube then you can replace the water.

 

[edco76]

Happened on my last batch. I waited till it slowed down then replaced it with an airlock.

 

[lhommedieu]

Normal. As posted above, wait until fermentation settles before replacing with a sanitized liquid. You don't need a lot of liquid, btw - just enough to keep the hose submerged. If you're going to cold crash, it's better to switch to an air-lock with a small amount of vodka, and cold crash gradually.

 

[andyplank]

Excellent, that's what I thought, but I knew you guys would help me make sure.
Thanks much and many cheers!

 

[edco76]

Also, pat yourself on the back because if you have that much blow off, you likely avoided a big mess by using the blow off tube.

 

[andyplank]

Also, pat yourself on the back because if you have that much blow off, you likely avoided a big mess by using the blow off tube.

Oh yes, it started after about eight hours in the fermentor, and it's a constant rumbling in the bucket right now at about 20 hours. Should be nice and healthy.