pointing fan at kettle w/ DME = brilliant! thanks!

[jigidyjim]

I just found myself with only an inch of room in my kettle after adding the DME and saw the foam rising... but then I remembered the advice some of you gave about using a fan pointed at the top of the kettle here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/spent-25-min-taming-dme-hot-break-116034/

It worked great! Took some time still (maybe 10 min), but definitely more controlled than last time!

Thanks!

 

[Coastarine]

The fan is a good trick, but I moved on to fermcap-s. It is pretty cheap and just seems easier to me. Both are just as effective really.

 

[Arkador]

+1 fermcap it costs a few cents a galon for the stuff, probably cheaper than the electricity to run the fan.

 

[Troubs]

+1 million for the fermcap! Get it, use it, live it!