Krausen went through the airlock

[Ringmaster]

I filled the airlock with vodka just to be on the safe side not that i have any idea whether this causes suck back. Anyway the krausen went all the way through the airlock and dripped a bit, i thought i had left plenty of head-space so i was a bit surprised.. luckily i keep the carboy in a chest for a temperature control when it might need it. makes these messes a cinch to clean up.

Is this something i should be worried about? or if it happens again i can just chalk it off to an annoying clean up?

 

[Revvy]

You just have extremely active fermentation. It happens to all of us. Just clean it up, re-sanitize it (here's where having starsan in a spray bottle with distilled water comes in handy0 and rig up a blow off tube.

we've all had complete bucket blowoffs, and our beers survive. Your beer is protected by a layer, but it's co2 and not oxygen.

Watch these videos of one of my beers...that came out fine. ANd clean up your mess and rig up a blowoff tube.

 

[JoeBronco]

Dont worry about it. Get a blow off tube (dont worry they are cheaper than an airlock) and it wont make a mess again.
A blow off tube is just a tube that sticks into the stopper in your ferment er and goes into a small bucket or glass full of water!


EDIT: Dang-it Revvy ya beat me to it!

 

[brewd00d]

Out of my ten or so batches, only one came through the air lock. Never knew why. Everything else stays below the lid.