Well it finally happened to me after 6 batches (3 all grain). I went down to the basement this morning to check the bucket and I see my thermometer laying outside the closet... my first thought was DAMN CAT. but as I entered the room and saw my lid off and green streaks on the wall I knew what was up. I was late and everything looked good enough so I sat the lid back ontop and ran off to work. I cleaned and resanized the lid and now I'm hoping I didn't infect the batch. I think it'll be ok since I'm still within the first 24hrs of fermentation and the krausen is high and thick.
I also need to get back to the basics... I missed my OG by about 15 points and had a 60% efficiency after an 80% and a 72%. I'm pretty sure poor stirring was the culprit. I didn't stir well at dough in, I didn't stir at all halfway through the mash, and stirred very little during sparging. That should get me back to where I need to be.
But what causes the krausen to rise so high? It's gotten to the top of my lid once before, but never a blow out. My OG was supposed to be 1.072 but I hit 1.055. I used white labs' irish ale yeast strain, and this is a holiday brew so I used spices (probably not the culprit). I had a very viable pint starter... but so did my last batch.
This batch gave me the most fits... poor efficiency, poor sanitation procedure in replacing a dirty lid that hit the dirty floor and probably insulation... but I have a good feeling about it for some dumb reason.
I also need to get back to the basics... I missed my OG by about 15 points and had a 60% efficiency after an 80% and a 72%. I'm pretty sure poor stirring was the culprit. I didn't stir well at dough in, I didn't stir at all halfway through the mash, and stirred very little during sparging. That should get me back to where I need to be.
But what causes the krausen to rise so high? It's gotten to the top of my lid once before, but never a blow out. My OG was supposed to be 1.072 but I hit 1.055. I used white labs' irish ale yeast strain, and this is a holiday brew so I used spices (probably not the culprit). I had a very viable pint starter... but so did my last batch.
This batch gave me the most fits... poor efficiency, poor sanitation procedure in replacing a dirty lid that hit the dirty floor and probably insulation... but I have a good feeling about it for some dumb reason.