Ah jeez, I guess it was bound to happen eventually. I have an all-grain Maris Otter Pale ale with my home grown hops split into two fermenters.
One I used us 5 the other was s-33 . They both fermented out fairly quickly and have not had any airlock activity for a week or so (been in there for a little over 2 weeks). So today, one of them is all cloudy (no krausen) and bubbling like crazy (every 5-6 seconds). I am thinking WTF?? so I pick up Palmer's book and it looks like maybe a gusher infection. I took a gravity reading at it is now about 1.012 (og 1060 estimate)
So, I am thinking if I keg this thing fast and cool it down to the 30s, I still might be able to salvage it??
Anyone have anything like this happen? It was fermenting around 70 degrees, stopped for a week, and then suddenly starts going crazy again??
It was the s33 batch, which fermented out in a couple of days
Damn, I took a day off work and used all my homegrown hops on this beer. At least the other fermenter seems to be ok for now.
I never opened it during this time. It is a cooper's fermenter with a spout, maybe something made it through the airlock (had vodka in it) or up through the spout? I just don't know how it was fine for a week but now is bubbling like crazy.
One I used us 5 the other was s-33 . They both fermented out fairly quickly and have not had any airlock activity for a week or so (been in there for a little over 2 weeks). So today, one of them is all cloudy (no krausen) and bubbling like crazy (every 5-6 seconds). I am thinking WTF?? so I pick up Palmer's book and it looks like maybe a gusher infection. I took a gravity reading at it is now about 1.012 (og 1060 estimate)
So, I am thinking if I keg this thing fast and cool it down to the 30s, I still might be able to salvage it??
Anyone have anything like this happen? It was fermenting around 70 degrees, stopped for a week, and then suddenly starts going crazy again??
It was the s33 batch, which fermented out in a couple of days
Damn, I took a day off work and used all my homegrown hops on this beer. At least the other fermenter seems to be ok for now.
I never opened it during this time. It is a cooper's fermenter with a spout, maybe something made it through the airlock (had vodka in it) or up through the spout? I just don't know how it was fine for a week but now is bubbling like crazy.
