Harvested yeast amount into new brew batch

[brcisna]

Hello All,

Newbie here to home brewing. Just finished brewing my fourth batch being Newcastle Brown Ale Clone two days ago.
This is the the first batch I tried using harvested yeast from a previous batch which was 4 weeks ago out of Pumpkin Ale and yeast being White Labs 028. As many rinsing, and simple harvest videos I watched for harvesting the yeast from slurry along with the great STICKY here, none ever mentioned how to measure an amount to put in the new batch you are brewing.

So ,, I simply used about one-thrid of the harvested yeast into my new batch of Newcastle Dark Ale.
As a sidenote , I noticed I was not getting my fermenting bucket quite topped out enough in previous batches to make a full 5 gallon batch. This brew I marked my fermentation bucket very good to get the full 5 gallons.
Anyway after the first day I noticed the bubbler was very active , very much more than previous three brews. After the second day noticed that the krueson ( i think) is starting to push up into the bubbler now. Of course I dont want to take the lid off as I am guessing there isnt much I can do at this point.
I guess my main thought is here I am guessing i put way too much yeast into this batch
Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Barry

 

[McKnuckle]

It's not too late to rig up a blow-off setup. If you have a 3 piece airlock, take the cap off, remove the little "hat," and fit tubing over the center post (note that it has an opening). Lead that to a jug of sanitizer to contain the blow-off and bubble the CO2.

Sounds like you pitched a healthy amount of yeast, not too much. In the vast majority of cases, you want fermentation to be vigorous, assuming you are controlling the temperature appropriately.

 

[flars]

The stem on most air locks has a taper at the end. This will restrict the flow of excessive krausen through the blow off tube. Enough pressure may still build inside the fermentor to pop off the lid or blow out the bung holding the air lock. Cut this taper off to open the air lock for maximum pressure release.