Up and into the airlock.

[Jroc]

Ok, so I just started a batch of mexican cervezas from a brewhouse kit last night. When I went to check on it in the morning there was wort on the lid of the primary and the airlock had foam in it. I cleaned it out, only for it to happen again a couple hours later. It is bubbleing like crazy. Is this ok? I hope I am not contaminating it when i take the airlock off to clean it. the lid on the primary has bubbled out from the inside pressure, causing my airlock to lean on its side.

Hoping everything will be fine.

One more question. I had a batch of cream ale that I bottled a couple days ago. I screwed up on the directions when adding the priming sugar. It said to boil the dextrose in water before adding it to the beer. I missed that step and just added the dex and gave it a light stir. It dissolved and there was a little foaming. Does this mean my beer will be flat? its been a few days now in the bottle and it does not apear to be getting "cloudy" as it should.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Orfy]

1. It'll be fine, read up on blow off tubes.

2. It'll be fine but not boiling the sugar means it's not sanitised.

 

[krispy d]

that beats finding your airlock stuck to a ceiling tile. (no I'm not kidding). You'll be fine but you either need to a) use a bigger fermenter for your primary, I like a 7 gallon, and even then you will still occasionally need to b) use a blowoff tube.

 

[Jroc]

2. It'll be fine but not boiling the sugar means it's not sanitised.

You think it will spoil my batch? God I hope its all going to be fine. my first brew, and I cant wait to crack the first bottle.

 

[Orfy]

nope, it'll be fine,
If you are concerned then please send it to me and I'll biologically test it and dispose of it in an environmentally friendly manner.

 

[malkore]

its a good chance the lack of sanitizing the sugar isn't a big deal.

however dry sugar is harder to evenly mix into 5 gallons as compared to liquid sugar...so you may have some under carb'd bottles, and some that are gushers.
live and learn.

How warm is the fermenting area? its not uncommon at all to blow beer into the airlock...but if temps are above 70F, the beer ferments even faster and also produces off flavors (esters) that you generally want to avoid.

 

[david_42]

"dispose of it in an environmentally friendly manner"

Uric acid, ammonia and methane? I don't think so!

 

[gjork]

Now would be a good time to remind you to, RDWHAHB.
Blow off tube= less likely to get contaminents.
Boiling the priming sugar= less likely to get contaminents, and more easily dissolved into the solution.
If anything does go wrong, learn from your mistakes and move on, but I expect you'll be just fine.

Gjork