My carboy is foaming out of the airlock

[haupt93]

So I brewed my fist batch of milk stout this weekend it has been fermenting for almost 48 hours and the foam has filled the void in the top of the carboy and has turned the water in the air lock the same color as the beer what should I do from here!

 

[Zuljin]

So I brewed my fist batch of milk stout this weekend it has been fermenting for almost 48 hours and the foam has filled the void in the top of the carboy and has turned the water in the air lock the same color as the beer what should I do from here!

Congratulations! Your beer is rockin!

You can take the air lock off, shove one end of a tube in the bung and put the other in a tall jar of water or bucket or pot or something. It's called a blow off tube. Same thing as an air lock, just bigger.

 

[haupt93]

 

[haupt93]

That won't let the beer get contaminated by doing that process

 

[ShadyBrewer]

You can just clean and sanitize that airlock or sanitize a hose and rig up a blow-off tube.

 

[Vigo_Carpathian]

That won't let the beer get contaminated by doing that process

I would sanitize the blow off tube first. Although, once the beer is fermenting like that, it's harder than you would think to get contaminated. Don't worry about it, sanitize the tube and you'll be fine. You should always use a blow off by the way.

 

[haupt93]

this is a little crude but everything is cleaned and sanitized and it's bubbling in the jug like crazy!

 

[haupt93]

Thank you all for the quick responses I was in freak out mode this is my first batch so I wasn't sure what to expect. That was a surprise when I got home from work.

 

[andhou27]

This happened with my stout too! It's always a surprise. I'm sure you're going to like it, cheers!

 

[trboyden]

Yep, here is a video of the blow off action from my latest IPA...

 

[clarksc4]

Or you can do primary in a bucket. I've only had an issue in a bucket once and that was bc I didn't boil off enough and ended up with not enough head space.