dougdecinces
Well-Known Member
Note that I'm writing this thread more because I'm curious as opposed to this being a serious issue. I have already cleaned things up and everything's fine with my beer.
2 weeks ago, I transferred my Baltic porter to two 1 gallon jugs to lager. I stashed them in my lager fridge, put airlocks on them, and silicone tubing inside the airlocks. The blowoff tubes were placed in a 12 oz beer bottle filled with an iodophor solution.
When I came back home after Christmas, I noticed that my porter was lagering at 29 degrees (nice!), but this meant that my sanitizing solution froze and the beer bottle cracked. But what was more interesting is that one of the tubes had frozen sanitizing solution in it halfway up it's length. I know it's sanitizing solution because it's clear. Also the ice doesn't go all the way up the tube, so I figure none or very little of it got in my beer. But I am wondering now what caused this to happen. Physics was never my strong suit. What I do know is next time I will either lager a tiny bit warmer or use vodka for my blowoff tubes.
2 weeks ago, I transferred my Baltic porter to two 1 gallon jugs to lager. I stashed them in my lager fridge, put airlocks on them, and silicone tubing inside the airlocks. The blowoff tubes were placed in a 12 oz beer bottle filled with an iodophor solution.
When I came back home after Christmas, I noticed that my porter was lagering at 29 degrees (nice!), but this meant that my sanitizing solution froze and the beer bottle cracked. But what was more interesting is that one of the tubes had frozen sanitizing solution in it halfway up it's length. I know it's sanitizing solution because it's clear. Also the ice doesn't go all the way up the tube, so I figure none or very little of it got in my beer. But I am wondering now what caused this to happen. Physics was never my strong suit. What I do know is next time I will either lager a tiny bit warmer or use vodka for my blowoff tubes.
