Ok, not the whole thing, but after several days of my Belgian Wit not making any action in the blow-off, I decided to bring it out of the bathroom, and into the dining room to see if it would wake up. I placed it on a folded towel, in case the spigot dripped.
Next morning my wife asked what was going on with my beer? The towel was soaked. I saw chew marks on the spigot! Buddy had apparently liked the taste of the beer residue and decided to see if he could get some more.
Well, it had stopped leaking, and possibly only leaked when he was actually gnawing on it, so a little later, after doing dishes and getting my pea soup and homemade bread made, I transfered to a secondary glass carboy with airlock.
I took the lid off and stuck my face in there to see what it smelled like, and it literally burned my nose! Does CO2 do this? After that initial waft, it smelled fine. I forgot to taste the beer when I transfered, but the trub didn't taste too unusual (bit bitter and yeasty), so I'm assuming that it's going ok.
Now I need to replace that spigot, and figure out how to keep the dog from chewing on it again.
Next morning my wife asked what was going on with my beer? The towel was soaked. I saw chew marks on the spigot! Buddy had apparently liked the taste of the beer residue and decided to see if he could get some more.
Well, it had stopped leaking, and possibly only leaked when he was actually gnawing on it, so a little later, after doing dishes and getting my pea soup and homemade bread made, I transfered to a secondary glass carboy with airlock.
I took the lid off and stuck my face in there to see what it smelled like, and it literally burned my nose! Does CO2 do this? After that initial waft, it smelled fine. I forgot to taste the beer when I transfered, but the trub didn't taste too unusual (bit bitter and yeasty), so I'm assuming that it's going ok.
Now I need to replace that spigot, and figure out how to keep the dog from chewing on it again.
