Yes...my first fermentation geyser...

[vfinch]

Well... maybe not a geyser...

So this morning I checked on the carboy I just put into the crawlspace yesterday and there was tons of headroom left. Oddly enough, this was right after reading a ferm-lock vs blow-off thread...

Then I come home to this:

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Oops....

After dropping the ferm-lock in some sanitizer, I cleaned up the mess and took the lock upstairs to clean. The only problem was, where was the bubble cap? I found the lid next to the carboy, but I couldn't see the cap anywhere... Then I checked the heat duct above the carboy...

And yes, I always transfer to a blow-off tube if needed after 24hours... This one just decided it wanted to ferment a little faster than normal...

 

[Mista_Sparkle]

WIN!!!

Soo many threads fail to deliver on pics, TYVM

 

[vfinch]

No worries...

I knew something was up when I walked into the house and said to myself, "That smells like loss of beer!". I was successfully able to clean it up, in between crying fits...

 

[Grimm]

I had my first semi geyser yesterday as well. No pictures of it actually happening though my first instinct was to swap to a blow off tube instead of let's take a pic (I fail). but this is after the incident.

 

[fatherbigfoot]

Vfinch is the recipe for the Milky's muddy porter on this site or do you have it?

 

[vfinch]

Hey fatherbigfoot, the recipe isn't on the site yet since I'm still tweaking it... Though I'll have to admit it's one of my favourite recipies.

 

[fatherbigfoot]

any chance you wouldn't mind sharing it with me so i can give it a try?

 

[Teromous]

I feel your pain in this time of loss...but I have to say...awesome story man! I wish I could have seen a video of that thing blowing!

 

[Jaybird]

My buddy DC is cleaning yeast off his ceiling tonight from the explosion of yeast from the Vertical Epic brew we did last night. I told him "you’re going to need a blow off tube"... "Ahh I'll wait till I get off work" he said. Ya to clean up the mess.... LMAO

 

[demonrichie]

how high up was the heat duct? that musta been one heckuva blowoff

 

[vfinch]

It was a few feet up, not to high. I'm just glad that the crawl space wasn't painted with krausen...