Johnwongfat
Active Member
I brewed up an Imperial Stout, used the aforementioned yeast starter (see my other thread), and put it in the carboy. The results the next morning settled the debate with great authority. (I will post the picture if someone can tell me how. Not sure if I just put in the file path or what when I hit insert image...) The lid actually blew off my airlock! After much cleanup and cannibalizing some of my tubing I made an impromptu blow-off system. My question is should I go back to an airlock once the krausen goes down and the fermentation settles a bit or should I just leave the blow off in place? I've never had this vigorous of a fermentation and don't know if I need to do anything special with the blow off.