IWokeUpWithGills
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Hey - new brewer and first time posting here
Checked on the brew this morning - the carboy exploded. Am using a 5 gal glass carboy with a rubber cork and small airlock. Foam had risen to the top of the carboy and popped out the cork and the airlock - and continued to gout foam, enough to fill up the garbage can full of water which i ferment in. (fishtank heater in water bath to keep 70° fermentation temperature)
This is my first all grain batch - got an initial gravity of 1.092 (5 gal batch, 15 lb grain, 1 lb dry spray malt) which is suuper high.
Gonna end up with some unconverted sugars - am using nottingham yeast which should be good for like 11.5 or so percent alc... butttt
Has this happened to anybody else? A high grav. fermenter just going wild? What do you do? What should i do? Foam Blowout!
Checked on the brew this morning - the carboy exploded. Am using a 5 gal glass carboy with a rubber cork and small airlock. Foam had risen to the top of the carboy and popped out the cork and the airlock - and continued to gout foam, enough to fill up the garbage can full of water which i ferment in. (fishtank heater in water bath to keep 70° fermentation temperature)
This is my first all grain batch - got an initial gravity of 1.092 (5 gal batch, 15 lb grain, 1 lb dry spray malt) which is suuper high.
Gonna end up with some unconverted sugars - am using nottingham yeast which should be good for like 11.5 or so percent alc... butttt
Has this happened to anybody else? A high grav. fermenter just going wild? What do you do? What should i do? Foam Blowout!