PhillyMike
Well-Known Member
So my wife walks into the basement.
Sounds like the opening to a bad joke.
The other day I brewed NB Imperial Stout extract kit. Scottish Ale yeast, made a 1.7L starter per BeerSmith. Aerated the crap out of it during mixing. Hooked up a blowoff tube, normal 1/4" ID. Placed in basement. Temps in basement are usually a steady 70F all year round.
Went in basement the next morning around 6am to check on it. No activity. Had contractors over to do some work. Wife showed them the basement around 830. Still no activity. Around 330, one of the contractors says to my wife, "I think your next batch of beer is overly excited."
She went down stairs to witness this:
So, my question to all you unfortunate souls who ran into this issue before, what can one do to prevent such a calamity? Larger blowoff tube? Bigger bucket? Lower temps?
Thanks in advance.
Sounds like the opening to a bad joke.
The other day I brewed NB Imperial Stout extract kit. Scottish Ale yeast, made a 1.7L starter per BeerSmith. Aerated the crap out of it during mixing. Hooked up a blowoff tube, normal 1/4" ID. Placed in basement. Temps in basement are usually a steady 70F all year round.
Went in basement the next morning around 6am to check on it. No activity. Had contractors over to do some work. Wife showed them the basement around 830. Still no activity. Around 330, one of the contractors says to my wife, "I think your next batch of beer is overly excited."
She went down stairs to witness this:
So, my question to all you unfortunate souls who ran into this issue before, what can one do to prevent such a calamity? Larger blowoff tube? Bigger bucket? Lower temps?
Thanks in advance.