Cregar
Well-Known Member
well, foam exploded.
Not sure what happened, made a 5 gal batch of mead yesterday and fermentation started around 10 pm (really slow).
When I got home tonight I noticed a small amount of foam in my blow off tube. I didn't think mead foamed up when fermenting. Well I popped the top off the bucket and dumped in my next nutrient addition. Seconds later the damn thing volcano'ed on me, like when your a kid and you made your volcano experiment.
I think I lost 1/4 to 1/2 a gallon on the carpet before it stopped.
This is my second batch of mead and my first adding nutrient.
Has this ever happened to anyone before? What would have caused it?
I am using fermax nutrient.
Craig
Well, found the answer:
"Be careful when adding dry powders to fermenting mead! The sudden release of co2 can cause the mead to foam out of the fermentor. Removing a small portion of the mead to combine with the nutrients first can help, as can stirring to release co2 before adding the nutrients in."
http://www.northernbrewer.com/connect/2011/09/nutrients-and-mead/
Not sure what happened, made a 5 gal batch of mead yesterday and fermentation started around 10 pm (really slow).
When I got home tonight I noticed a small amount of foam in my blow off tube. I didn't think mead foamed up when fermenting. Well I popped the top off the bucket and dumped in my next nutrient addition. Seconds later the damn thing volcano'ed on me, like when your a kid and you made your volcano experiment.
I think I lost 1/4 to 1/2 a gallon on the carpet before it stopped.
This is my second batch of mead and my first adding nutrient.
Has this ever happened to anyone before? What would have caused it?
I am using fermax nutrient.
Craig
Well, found the answer:
"Be careful when adding dry powders to fermenting mead! The sudden release of co2 can cause the mead to foam out of the fermentor. Removing a small portion of the mead to combine with the nutrients first can help, as can stirring to release co2 before adding the nutrients in."
http://www.northernbrewer.com/connect/2011/09/nutrients-and-mead/