newbie question

[jtinker00]

first off id like to introduce myself...my name is josh i'm new to the brew world. and still a rookie to wine making, although i've made a few pretty darn good batches of fruit wine

this forum has answered a bunch of questions for me.

although i do have one i havent found yet. i just made a kit batch, five gal., of ipa last night. this morning i noticed it coming through the air lock. i pulled it apart gave it a gentle stir and attached it. just noticed about five minutes ago that its now worse than it was this morning the lid has a light layer of foam and brew. would it be fine if i stirred it up good and put half of the wort into another ferm bucket? that way i have more head space? or would this make something go wrong or kill the flavor?

 

[stratslinger]

First, stop stirring!!!

That layer of foam is krausen, it's a sign of a healthy fermentation, and stirring it back into the beer can introduce some very harsh, very bitter flavors.

What you probably want to do is look into adding a blow off tube instead of an airlock. This will preserve the one way seal the airlock gives you, while also giving some room for the krausen in a vigorous fermentation to overflow into.

Long story short, your beer is in fine shape, don't mess with it, and do a couple searches on blow off tubes to finda setup that will work for your fermenter.

 

[LiquidLunch5211]

I had the same problem this morning with my Amber Ale, as usual the people on the forum came through for me (much appreciated) look up my post from this morning and you will see a picture of how to apply a blow off valve and you will be all good. Mine is doing much better now. Good luck

 

[LiquidLunch5211]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/my...eeps-foaming-through-my-air-lock-help-219884/

 

[jtinker00]

thanks much guys the mason jar its vented into is bubbling like whoa! ha