Help! Krausen foaming out of carboy!

[McNasty]

I brewed a beer and a left town for thanksgiving. Didn't think I needed a blow off because I'm fermenting a little colder than usual and I had plenty of head room. Anyways, I come back and it's mostly clogged. Taking off the stopper was like popping a champagne bottle. Then it really started foaming. From now on, I'm putting a blow off tube when leaving town. Lesson learned.

 

[Brett3rThanU]

Its good you caught it early, my last batch caused the lid to blow off my fermenter. It was a huge mess.

 

[spriggan486]

So now the batch is on day 3 of fermenting and the airlock action has slowed to about 1 bubble every 15 seconds, and there is only a very very thin layer of foam on top. Is this too soon to be seeing this low of activity? I know you all will prolly tell me not to worry. It's just hard not to since this is my first attempt and all!

 

[Revvy]

So now the batch is on day 3 of fermenting and the airlock action has slowed to about 1 bubble every 15 seconds, and there is only a very very thin layer of foam on top. Is this too soon to be seeing this low of activity? I know you all will prolly tell me not to worry. It's just hard not to since this is my first attempt and all!

Not to worry, everything is fine...since you had such an active fermentation, it is pretty normal that it will wind down. they all do, eventually.

Just leave it alone for AT LEAST another week (me personally, I'd give it another 3 or 4), it's fine, it doesn't need you hovering over.

Get another fermentor and brew another batch...it will take your mind of this batch of beer.

 

[spriggan486]

Cool, thanks a lot.
I got a Mr beer kit that I ordered in the mail yesterday, which I don't really need now, because in my excitement I went and bought stuff to make a 5 gal setup. But anyway, I started a 2 gal batch of vienna lager last night so thats takin my attention off the other one a little bit.

 

[Homercidal]

Hey, at least yours is working! I put together a belgian wit on Sunday evening, and I still don't see any action in the blow-off. Experience tells me to wait a couple more days, but I used regular Ale yeast, and that is another couple of days before it's ready!!