redwing_al
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Hey everyone, I want to share what happened tonight with my FastFerment conical
I brewed a solid IPA, OG 1.060, nailed all my numbers.. I did a 1L starter with Wyeast1056 and pitched Well, 24 hours later not a sign of activity in the bubbler!? I recall that I didnt necessarily aerate the wort as well as I normally do, so I was thinking that could be the reason.
I did a little research and thought heck, its only been a day. Ill take this thing down and shake the heck out of it to wake it up. I came to the basement and the first thing that I noticed is that the valve was closed to the collection ball I reached over and gave it a slight crack (and I do mean slight!) and this thing erupted like nothing Ive ever seen. Im talkin' Mentos & Diet Coke here At this point there was nothing I could do. I threw a towel over the geyser and put a bucket underneath and walked away until it slowed down and I could come in and assess the situation. It was scary for a moment, could have been dangerous...
In any case, it calmed down to a point where I could add a blow off tube. I cleaned everything up and its bubbling away as expected.. But let this be a lesson and a warning to you all. Once youve pitched and wort has fell into the collection ball, keep that valve open or "youre gonna shoot yer eye out!"
I realize this is a rookie mistake, but the collection ball adds a whole nuther dimension to think about. I likely ruined a few things and I dont know if I did any damage to the ball valve or what-have-you, but I wanted to share this with you as the FastFerment conical is a relatively new item and like anything, there are some learning.
Anyone know if this will harm my beer in any significant way?
Here are a couple videos:
This is after it settled down a bit : http://youtu.be/NDlZVJz6eP0
This is the after clean up: http://youtu.be/kEEhylt3UOs
I brewed a solid IPA, OG 1.060, nailed all my numbers.. I did a 1L starter with Wyeast1056 and pitched Well, 24 hours later not a sign of activity in the bubbler!? I recall that I didnt necessarily aerate the wort as well as I normally do, so I was thinking that could be the reason.
I did a little research and thought heck, its only been a day. Ill take this thing down and shake the heck out of it to wake it up. I came to the basement and the first thing that I noticed is that the valve was closed to the collection ball I reached over and gave it a slight crack (and I do mean slight!) and this thing erupted like nothing Ive ever seen. Im talkin' Mentos & Diet Coke here At this point there was nothing I could do. I threw a towel over the geyser and put a bucket underneath and walked away until it slowed down and I could come in and assess the situation. It was scary for a moment, could have been dangerous...
In any case, it calmed down to a point where I could add a blow off tube. I cleaned everything up and its bubbling away as expected.. But let this be a lesson and a warning to you all. Once youve pitched and wort has fell into the collection ball, keep that valve open or "youre gonna shoot yer eye out!"
I realize this is a rookie mistake, but the collection ball adds a whole nuther dimension to think about. I likely ruined a few things and I dont know if I did any damage to the ball valve or what-have-you, but I wanted to share this with you as the FastFerment conical is a relatively new item and like anything, there are some learning.
Anyone know if this will harm my beer in any significant way?
Here are a couple videos:
This is after it settled down a bit : http://youtu.be/NDlZVJz6eP0
This is the after clean up: http://youtu.be/kEEhylt3UOs
