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Well Friday night some friends and I brewed up the AHBS Douple IPA...
With all the extra sugars in this one I kinda assumed I might have a blow over problem... The kit calls for 9 lbs of LME and 1 lb. of corn sugar. I however added the 1% alcohol boost in addition, so this thing had 11 lbs of sugar total...
The kit also says this one will have an OG of 1.088, mine came in right there, about a 1.090 !
Well late last night I am laying on the couch and BOOM !!! At first I wondered, WTF was that, then it hit me, my primary had blown it's lid. So off to the closet I ran to find that indeed the top had blown off. The mess was not too bad, at least not like some other pics I have seen.
I cleaned off the wall, cleaned the air lock and reset it all in place.
One hour later.... BOOM !!!!... S**t, back to cleaning the wall and airlock again.
By this time, I am starting to try to rig a blow off tube... Nothing fits tightly on anything. My little 3/8" siphon hose (which is 5/8" on the exterior) will not fit anything tight enough to rig up a blow off hose...
So I put it all back together and hoped for the best. Within the hour, BOOM !!!
Now I wish I would have taken pics of the first three blow-ups, but I was tired and had been drinking and didn't get any. However, like I said I've seen pics of much worse blow overs... Mine just coated the wall in a 1 x 2 foot area...
Cleaned up the wall and airlock once again, but realized I was fighting a losing battle. So against all common sense, experience and information I left the lid on my plastic fermenter loose...
Should have taken other precautions but I went to sleep...
Here's what I woke up to this morning
So it's all cleaned up again and everything back in place.
Now I know you guys are gonna tell me glass car boy with wide blow over tube and next time I do a BIG beer like this I will comply.
However, now that I am sober and have some energy I was able to rig up a blowover hose. It's only a 3/8" hose, so I guess we will see...
Once I got her all cleaned up and locked up again, the airlock just went on it's happy way bubbling very fast. So now I have the blow over hose in place and hoping for the best with this beer. To be honest, there was so much klausen coming out this thing, I doubt seriously if any oxygen got to the beer or hurt it...
Live and learn I suppose...
With all the extra sugars in this one I kinda assumed I might have a blow over problem... The kit calls for 9 lbs of LME and 1 lb. of corn sugar. I however added the 1% alcohol boost in addition, so this thing had 11 lbs of sugar total...
The kit also says this one will have an OG of 1.088, mine came in right there, about a 1.090 !
Well late last night I am laying on the couch and BOOM !!! At first I wondered, WTF was that, then it hit me, my primary had blown it's lid. So off to the closet I ran to find that indeed the top had blown off. The mess was not too bad, at least not like some other pics I have seen.
I cleaned off the wall, cleaned the air lock and reset it all in place.
One hour later.... BOOM !!!!... S**t, back to cleaning the wall and airlock again.
By this time, I am starting to try to rig a blow off tube... Nothing fits tightly on anything. My little 3/8" siphon hose (which is 5/8" on the exterior) will not fit anything tight enough to rig up a blow off hose...
So I put it all back together and hoped for the best. Within the hour, BOOM !!!
Now I wish I would have taken pics of the first three blow-ups, but I was tired and had been drinking and didn't get any. However, like I said I've seen pics of much worse blow overs... Mine just coated the wall in a 1 x 2 foot area...
Cleaned up the wall and airlock once again, but realized I was fighting a losing battle. So against all common sense, experience and information I left the lid on my plastic fermenter loose...
Should have taken other precautions but I went to sleep...
Here's what I woke up to this morning
So it's all cleaned up again and everything back in place.
Now I know you guys are gonna tell me glass car boy with wide blow over tube and next time I do a BIG beer like this I will comply.
However, now that I am sober and have some energy I was able to rig up a blowover hose. It's only a 3/8" hose, so I guess we will see...
Once I got her all cleaned up and locked up again, the airlock just went on it's happy way bubbling very fast. So now I have the blow over hose in place and hoping for the best with this beer. To be honest, there was so much klausen coming out this thing, I doubt seriously if any oxygen got to the beer or hurt it...
Live and learn I suppose...