MMP126
Lotsa Dude's Thumbs On Here...
Hey all. Just here to share, maybe vent a little.
Fermenting a NEIPA in my closed fermonster, with the nice lid connections and floating dip tube. The whole setup. Was going to move to spunding at the tail end of fermentation, but noticed the krausen was really high, so I wanted to wait a bit for the krausen to fall. Came back in the evening, and the krausen/yeast had blown out of the blowoff tube, and all over my fridge. Fine, ill clean it up. I went ahead and replaced the blowoff with a clean disconnect and tube, and tried to pressurize the fermonster again. And found the below.
I went ahead and made an emergency transfer to a new fermenter, but I am almost certain this NEIPA will be oxidized, and will be a total loss. I did purge my trusty Speidel fermentor, and purged the headspace as much as I could. It may have had a few gravity points left to hopefully consume some O2, and maybe save the beer. I am going to monitor it and see.
Just wanted to share. All in all, plastic is cheaper, but it does have issues. This is the 2nd time fermenting in this fermonster, the last one went well.
Just to share, this was a 7gal fermonster with a little under 6gal of wort in it. So, I thought, plenty of headspace. Maybe I had a faulty lid? Who knows. I think I am going to go to a modified Speidel fermentor. Setup is below. Pretty inline with what others are dong here.
Anywho, the beer is below. Probably the best smelling and best looking NEIPA I have brewed. Smelled and actually tasted amazing, and I hadn't even dry hopped it yet. Oh well...probably have to try again!
Fermenting a NEIPA in my closed fermonster, with the nice lid connections and floating dip tube. The whole setup. Was going to move to spunding at the tail end of fermentation, but noticed the krausen was really high, so I wanted to wait a bit for the krausen to fall. Came back in the evening, and the krausen/yeast had blown out of the blowoff tube, and all over my fridge. Fine, ill clean it up. I went ahead and replaced the blowoff with a clean disconnect and tube, and tried to pressurize the fermonster again. And found the below.
I went ahead and made an emergency transfer to a new fermenter, but I am almost certain this NEIPA will be oxidized, and will be a total loss. I did purge my trusty Speidel fermentor, and purged the headspace as much as I could. It may have had a few gravity points left to hopefully consume some O2, and maybe save the beer. I am going to monitor it and see.
Just wanted to share. All in all, plastic is cheaper, but it does have issues. This is the 2nd time fermenting in this fermonster, the last one went well.
Just to share, this was a 7gal fermonster with a little under 6gal of wort in it. So, I thought, plenty of headspace. Maybe I had a faulty lid? Who knows. I think I am going to go to a modified Speidel fermentor. Setup is below. Pretty inline with what others are dong here.
Anywho, the beer is below. Probably the best smelling and best looking NEIPA I have brewed. Smelled and actually tasted amazing, and I hadn't even dry hopped it yet. Oh well...probably have to try again!