rtracer
Well-Known Member
Hey guys
Got my equipment Saturday at More Beer's grand re-opening. Everything was 15% off. Nice!
Brewed my first brew on Sunday, full boil of M-80 IPA extract from More Beer. The brew went flawlessly(as far as I could tell).
Pitched White Labs liquid yeast(Cal. pale) when wort was low 70's and was able to get the temp down to 68 in a couple hours with a wet t-shirt and sitting outside for a couple hours that night. Into the closet it went and woke up yesterday, the Ferrometer was reading 68* and the airlock was clean and bubbling away. Sweet its working!
Get home last night from work and the airlock is full and overflowing with Krausen. Quickly remove airlock, clean in the sink, dunk in my StarSan bucket for a minute then re-insert. Immediately starts to bubble over again. I think oh well adn leave it to catch up on Billions. 45 minutes later I hear a POP and think oh shiz. Open closet and the stopper and airlock are no where to be seen. Uggg, wort on the ceiling(this is not a good start with keeping the wife into brewing
.
Stupid me repeats the process from before...clean, sanitize and insert.
Go to bed and an hour later my wife wakes me and says she heard something downstairs. Oh crap...run down and find it blew off again. This time I smarten up and devise a blow off tube.
Wake up this morning with the strong fermentation still going but all is good with the blow tube. Just getting the Krausen in the bowl of sanstar water. Still showing 68*
Anyways, is this normal, or should I fear something went awry?
More Beers M-80 IPA extract kit
Full boil
My OG was 1.062 or 1.063(hard to tell as there was bubbles in wort I sampled)
Pitched at low 70's with White Labs liquid yeast(california Pale)
Fermenting in a 6 gallon plastic carboy.
Lots of star san foam when I racked to the carboy, not sure if that makes a difference.
Not much head space as I racked almost the full 5 gallons.
Temp seems to be holding a steady 68 degrees.
Good thing is the mess has helped me try to convince my wife that we need a second chest freezer for a dedicated fermentation chamber.
Got my equipment Saturday at More Beer's grand re-opening. Everything was 15% off. Nice!
Brewed my first brew on Sunday, full boil of M-80 IPA extract from More Beer. The brew went flawlessly(as far as I could tell).
Pitched White Labs liquid yeast(Cal. pale) when wort was low 70's and was able to get the temp down to 68 in a couple hours with a wet t-shirt and sitting outside for a couple hours that night. Into the closet it went and woke up yesterday, the Ferrometer was reading 68* and the airlock was clean and bubbling away. Sweet its working!
Get home last night from work and the airlock is full and overflowing with Krausen. Quickly remove airlock, clean in the sink, dunk in my StarSan bucket for a minute then re-insert. Immediately starts to bubble over again. I think oh well adn leave it to catch up on Billions. 45 minutes later I hear a POP and think oh shiz. Open closet and the stopper and airlock are no where to be seen. Uggg, wort on the ceiling(this is not a good start with keeping the wife into brewing
Stupid me repeats the process from before...clean, sanitize and insert.
Go to bed and an hour later my wife wakes me and says she heard something downstairs. Oh crap...run down and find it blew off again. This time I smarten up and devise a blow off tube.
Wake up this morning with the strong fermentation still going but all is good with the blow tube. Just getting the Krausen in the bowl of sanstar water. Still showing 68*
Anyways, is this normal, or should I fear something went awry?
More Beers M-80 IPA extract kit
Full boil
My OG was 1.062 or 1.063(hard to tell as there was bubbles in wort I sampled)
Pitched at low 70's with White Labs liquid yeast(california Pale)
Fermenting in a 6 gallon plastic carboy.
Lots of star san foam when I racked to the carboy, not sure if that makes a difference.
Not much head space as I racked almost the full 5 gallons.
Temp seems to be holding a steady 68 degrees.
Good thing is the mess has helped me try to convince my wife that we need a second chest freezer for a dedicated fermentation chamber.
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