Daily check in on my stout, seems to have gotten a bit excited in the night.

E1: Changed out the airlock, sanitized, the whole shebang. Came back 5 minutes later, it happened again lmao. Swapped in another clean airlock, this time with some vodka in it to see if that helps.

E2: Swapped out the airlock again, this time with more vodka, hope that helps keep the bubbles down. This is so exciting!

E3: I’ve been checking back every hour or so, it’s blown over again at least once. I guess I should be happy that my beer is fermenting so actively lol. Looks like I’m gonna be swapping out the airlock every few hours today, until main ferment dies down.

  • WFH@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    16 hours ago

    It’s fine. It’s because you don’t have enough headspace in your fermenter. As it tapers in, the actual volume available for krausen is much less than in a similarly sized bucket.

    For your next brew, invest in a fermentation bucket. It’s cheap, it’s much easier to clean and it has plenty of headspace for pretty much the most extreme fermentation.

  • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    13 hours ago

    Yes that is a very well designed and maintained sump pump. The only other thing I would add is battery backup, unless it is off camera.

    That carboy is now potentially contaminated, but it may or may not matter. Probably not. You’ll find out in a few weeks.

    • Dogiedog64@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      I mean there’s so much froth and gas coming out at any one time that the odds of hostile microbes managing to colonize the wort is very low, just because it can’t even get in. Add in the vicious population difference, and it’s no contest.

      • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        12 hours ago

        I think the risk is low as long as you are doing a relatively quick ferment. I wouldn’t let it sit in secondary for months or anything.

        • Mpatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 hours ago

          Yeah, open tub fermatation is safe. The yeast out competes everything else in the tub, not really giving any other microbes any chance to form a colony.

  • Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    22 hours ago

    I would consider switching to a blow-off tube if you’re worried about the mess.

    I ferment in buckets and I’ve been woken up by the gun shot sound of the lid popping off. I’ve used blow off tubes ever since.

  • uzziah0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    20 hours ago

    The issue is pressure buildup. You’re fermenting and generating more CO2 than can escape the capacity of your valve. You could take the plug out, remove the valve from the plug, put a tube in so it isn’t into the brew liquid, and put the other end in a bucket of water so the end is always under water. Here’s an example, I just got this off the Internet because I didn’t have any pictures from doing this myself, but I’ve done this.

  • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    18 hours ago

    Everybody else has given good replies so I won’t repeat them, just wanted to say I’m excited for you! The first brew is always the best.

  • Alexander@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    15·
    23 hours ago

    This is totally normal! You just left too little space on top, too vigorous yeast, too high temperature. It raised to the top and subsided later. Wash your lock and move on; if any contamination got in (unprobably), it got eaten brutally by now. And wash the outsides asap, every day would make it nastier.

      • shittydwarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        Ah I use a bucket for the primary as it’s usually way too spicy for a carboy/airlock at this point. You’ll probably have to clean out your airlock a few more times, but the wort is so vigorous it should be safe

        • Dogiedog64@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          22 hours ago

          Yeah, I’ve already swapped it out again, this time with more vodka in the top to hopefully deal with the bubbles a bit better.

  • Alexander@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    22 hours ago

    Happened again because in washing you shook thebottle I suppose. It might keep repeating (vodka would make things worse, by making the fluid runnier, it will not stop pressure buildup). Be gentle and let it subside, but it totally can jump again. Worst case - just open it and cover with a tissue against insects. No biological invaders would survive there.

    So next time just take larger bottle or consider wide mouth vessel.