Woke up this morning to a yeast foam that was very close to the top of my one gallon jug. I have a feeling it's going to be all over the pan it's in by the time I get home.... Anything I can do to save it once this happens or isn't done for?
Woke up this morning to a yeast foam that was very close to the top of my one gallon jug. I have a feeling it's going to be all over the pan it's in by the time I get home.... Anything I can do to save it once this happens or isn't done for?
You can't put it back once its out. It's like a fart in that respect.
Don't worry about it. You'll lose a bit of beer. No problem. If you want to save it, you could drink the slurry out of the pan itself but it might not taste very good. You can't put it back once its out. It's like a fart in that respect.
jongrill said:Could the problem be that I pitched a whole packet of yeast In 1 gallon of beer?
DocScott said:nice pic! That's pretty well contained for blwoing the air lock. Yes, its salvagable. Just remove the air lock, clean it, sanitize it and replace. It may happen again though. Look at my previous post or search "blow off tube" and rig one of those up to prevent it from happening again.
Could the problem be that I pitched a whole packet of yeast In 1 gallon of beer?
HopHeadGrady said:Everything will be fine, looks great. At this stage of the fermentation it's ok that the airlock was off. Can I have one of those bananas?
Thanks for the motivation!
I mean... They aren't ripe yet....
501irishred said:If 1 gallon batches are going to be your volume of choice, you might think about a 2 gal bucket instead of the glass jug for primary fermentation. You could reserve the 1 gal jug for any batches you want/need to secondary (lagering, dry hopping, etc). You can buy a bucket and lid at home depot for about $6. All you would need to do is drill the lid for an air lock. Buckets aren't as "fun" as glass because you cant see all the activity going on, but they are very practical. In your case it would give you more head space, and make sure you ended up with all the beer you deserve for your hard work! Blow off tubes are sometimes needed, but only keeps the "wasted beer" contained. Best off if you used one, but never needed one (like a seatbelt).
Well... I needed one....
BGBC said:That looks like a 2 gal bucket in your pic. You could use that as your primary for the next batch and lessen the chance of overflow/loss of beer.
jongrill said:This is what I came home to... Is it salvageable?
Brewskii said:Thank God you wrapped your entire kitchen in plastic before hand
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