Blow off help!

[BigBlueBrad]

My top blew off of my bucket this morning. My Dunkelweizen is fermenting like crazy. I do not have a blow off tube, and it is Sunday morning in the South and no where to go get one.

Can I just take the top off of my Airlock? Bubbles and foam are really churning and it is clogging the airlock every five minutes.

I don't want to lose the batch. Help!

 

[flaminpi3]

Get thee to a home depot. Get a length of 3/8" vinyl tubing and stick one end into the grommet and put one end into a small bucket of sanitized water on the ground.

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

Get thee to a home depot. Get a length of 3/8" vinyl tubing and stick one end into the grommet and put one end into a small bucket of sanitized water on the ground.

Flaminpi3,
I’ve wondered about using 3/8” tubing as a blow off tube myself. Will it clog up pretty fast and do you have to clean it out, or just let it be?

 

[flaminpi3]

I've used 3/8" tubing with carboys a few times, and they haven't clogged up or needed cleaning. I just let it be until the fermentation has calmed down, and then replace with an airlock.

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

That's great. I have a small fridge I want to use as a fermentation chamber (Getting to warm here in Florida to sit it in the bathroom), but I can't get my 6.5 gal carboy in it with an airlock on top. I'll try the 3/8" tubing next time, hopefully today!

 

[axr]

Get thee to a home depot. Get a length of 3/8" vinyl tubing and stick one end into the grommet and put one end into a small bucket of sanitized water on the ground.

This will definitely work, but if you're at the HD might as well get about 4' of 1" tubing to use as a blow off tube.

axr

 

[BigBlueBrad]

I got to Lowes. They opened at 9. My book called for a 1 inch hose, but I knew that was too big. I bought a 5/8, but had to but small slits in my fermentor hole to thread it. It is in there tight, so I am not too worried about air going in at this point.

Whew. What an exciting Sunday morning.

We do more to brew before 10am than some do all day! :rockin:

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

At least the beer didn't end up on the ceiling, like a few I've read! That would mess up your day...

 

[BigBlueBrad]

Negative Ghost Rider. The BOOM! was my alarm clock about 8am this morning. That is when I sprang into action.

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

Negative Ghost Rider. The BOOM! was my alarm clock about 8am this morning. That is when I sprang into action.

LOL!

My alarm this morning was something a bit more pleasant, but equally stimulating.