Backstory: I brewed a batch Sunday and as I was cooling, my wort chiller sprung a leak and a thin spray of water made it into the 190F wort for a few seconds. I decided to keep going and used a backup cooler. Fermentation kicked off ~18 hours later and everything was going smooth.
This morning I threw in my high krausen dry hops. When I popped the lid everything looked fine, just a slightly foamy head on top. I was thinking I may have avoided contamination and all is well.
An hour ago I decided to move the fermenter into a different room to allow my iSpindel to make contact with my router. I ferment in a Torpedo keg which introduces a range problem.
When I put my blow off tube back on, I saw no bubbles and thought something was up. I go to add some CO2 from my kegerator and I hear no gas when I connect it.
I pull the PRV a few times and it finally lets out a spray of crap across the room, literally. I bring the keg into a nearby bathroom to let off some excess pressure and hopefully get it under control - it again sprayed pressurized crap against the wall. I now have a hose connected to the IN and OUT ports and have the PRV stuck open and its not letting anything out. If I bob the PRV up and down I get a hiss here and there.
Lesson learned, I am never fermenting in a keg again.
Is this batch bad, or did the hops maybe kick off another round of fermentation? I'm nervous the keg is going to explode, but am hoping it would force pressure out through one of the opens before aluminum would give way. Any pointers are appreciated
Using Verdant IPA yeast and last update I got from iSpindel it was at around 75% attenuation
This morning I threw in my high krausen dry hops. When I popped the lid everything looked fine, just a slightly foamy head on top. I was thinking I may have avoided contamination and all is well.
An hour ago I decided to move the fermenter into a different room to allow my iSpindel to make contact with my router. I ferment in a Torpedo keg which introduces a range problem.
When I put my blow off tube back on, I saw no bubbles and thought something was up. I go to add some CO2 from my kegerator and I hear no gas when I connect it.
I pull the PRV a few times and it finally lets out a spray of crap across the room, literally. I bring the keg into a nearby bathroom to let off some excess pressure and hopefully get it under control - it again sprayed pressurized crap against the wall. I now have a hose connected to the IN and OUT ports and have the PRV stuck open and its not letting anything out. If I bob the PRV up and down I get a hiss here and there.
Lesson learned, I am never fermenting in a keg again.
Is this batch bad, or did the hops maybe kick off another round of fermentation? I'm nervous the keg is going to explode, but am hoping it would force pressure out through one of the opens before aluminum would give way. Any pointers are appreciated
Using Verdant IPA yeast and last update I got from iSpindel it was at around 75% attenuation