First 5 gal brew

[Richard]

I had a bit more blowoff than expected...

 

[c.n.budz]

Nice, looks like it's time for a blow off tube

 

[cormi3r]

Holy Kraussen Batman.

What type of beer r u brewing there?

 

[treehouse]

He ha! That picture has me giggling...Also strangely makes me want to have a beer. Either that or an ice cream Sunday.

Press on regardless! It's gonna be great beer.

 

[Richard]

Holy Kraussen Batman.

What type of beer r u brewing there?

3lbs Coopers Bitter kit with 3lbs of light DME. The fermentor is 6 gallons, so I may have overfilled it just a tad.

 

[Richard]

If you don't have a blow off tube handy, go ahead and pull that airlock and bung out, wash them thoroughly, re-sanitize, and put them back on. That's a great pic, but you don't want to leave it like that.

Yep, did that. At the time the pic was taken the froth was still flowing at a good rate. Thank God I put the towel around the fermentor, otherwise I would have had a huge smelly mess to clean up. Wifey would not be impressed.

 

[Yooper]

That's one of the problems with a 6 gallon primary- not quite enough headroom! Nice picture, though!