Rant

[dougdecinces]

I just want a forum where I can vent about this. I don't want to use Facebook, because my wife would find out that this happened (and since she is asleep now, I would rather she be kept in the dark, lest she get upset at me).

Anyways, how is it that I can brew 120+ batches of beer and never have a fermentation so violent that it knocks the bung out of my carboy and causes a huge mess; and yet both of the batches that I brewed last night have done just that within hours of each other? I feel so lucky.

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

Been there, done that. I put a sealed bung on my stout when I thought it was done. I moved it inside to warm up some and it blew the bung and put krausen on the ceiling when it started to ferment a little more. I am glad it did not get on the laundry

 

[bobeer]

Just when you think you mastered the process and your equipment.... boom! It happens. Haha. Sorry man. Hope the clean up wasn't too much of a pia...

 

[TheCADJockey]

I don't know if I haven't made a big enough beer or the yeast I use is just not easily excited, but every one I've made just bubbles away. Not once have I seen a violent fermentation, it is kind of disappointing. The only thing that came close was a cider, but there wasn't much room left in the carboy and it just kind of sprayed a bit out the top and calmed down.

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

My welcome to violent fermentation was my first up wheat beer. I Will never brew we in a plastic fermenter again. Ever since I started using dry yeast my fermentations have been very violent