Carboy is overflowing! What do I do!

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by boudeysbigbrew, Aug 12, 2014.

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  1. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    If 74F was the ambient temp, you probably had ~80F in the wort. If so, expect high esters and possibly some fusels.

    Agree that OP can expect high esters. But as far as I know, yeast don't clean up esters to any great degree. There may be pathways (yeast related or otherwise), but if so I've never heard of them being significant in beer. I'd be interested to hear if there are though.
     
    #21 VikeMan, Aug 13, 2014
  2. boudeysbigbrew

    boudeysbigbrew Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2014 California

    74F was actually the reading from the strip thermometer on my fermenter.
     
    #22 boudeysbigbrew, Aug 14, 2014
  3. CraftBeerTastic

    CraftBeerTastic Initiate (0) Jun 22, 2011 Pennsylvania

    How big is your carboy? I use a 6.5 gal for 5 gal batches. Always seems to have enough head space for krausen.
     
    #23 CraftBeerTastic, Aug 14, 2014
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