Fruitsplosion

[shoengine]

This is what you get when filling your barrel up too much and you got a lot of fruit in the bottom.

And this is what you get when that fruit plugs up the three piece airlock.

I got a little cleanup to do.

 

[IslandLizard]

And this is what you get when that fruit plugs up the three piece airlock.

It doesn't look plugged up, it spewed through the center tube, popping the airlock's lid off, then spilling it like the fountain of life.
The fruit pulp must be floating on top, you definitely got a secondary fermentation going there.

 

[shoengine]

This is primary! I emptied the barrel after sour aging another beer for a year or two and brewed an unhopped wort and dumped it on the lees.

Good point on the plug theory. I guess if it had been plugged it wound have shot the cork out of the bung.

 

[McMullan]

I don't think I've ever seen an airlock in a barrel like that. Isn't it better done in a secondary vessel, before conditioning and ageing in wood?

 

[shoengine]

I don't think I've ever seen an airlock in a barrel like that. Isn't it better done in a secondary vessel, before conditioning and ageing in wood?

I wanted the je ne sais quoi of the barrel for primary. There's a lot of interesting bugs in there.

 

[McMullan]

I wanted the je ne sais quoi of the barrel for primary. There's a lot of interesting bugs in there.

I think they have an influence beyond primary? Part of the ageing process?

 

[shoengine]

I think they have an influence beyond primary? Part of the ageing process?

As long as there are fermentable sugars. I don't think they express themselves otherwise. Supposedly brewing bacteria are able to break down longer chain sugars than sacc.

 

[shoengine]

Much better.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Much better.

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You might want to consider a GFCI outlet.

 

[BrewZer]

You might want to consider a GFCI outlet.

...and a high-lipped drip tray on the floor.

 

[shoengine]

You might want to consider a GFCI outlet.

It's a garage and code requires GFI on all outlets, so I got that covered!

...and a high-lipped drip tray on the floor.

It's the brewery. I just use a mop.

Still have to clean off the discharge hose.