Uncontrollable blowoff - let it ride?

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  1. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Fermcap Is the droid you are looking for
    *waves hand*
     
    #21 SFACRKnight, Apr 4, 2016
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  2. Lukass

    Lukass Pooh-Bah (2,891) Dec 16, 2012 Ohio
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    FERMCAP! yes.... thanks @SFACRKnight . Jumbling my homebrew additive terms :confused:

    But, since we're on the subject, I'm an Irish Moss guy, not whirlfloc, for clarity
     
    #22 Lukass, Apr 4, 2016
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  3. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    Or next time split batch into 2 fermenters, thus no blow off.
     
    #23 GormBrewhouse, Apr 5, 2016
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  4. Lukass

    Lukass Pooh-Bah (2,891) Dec 16, 2012 Ohio
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    If I had another 'brett-dedicated' fermenter, I probably would've done that! I was shooting for 5.25-5.5gal into the fermenter, and ended up with 6 gal and some change. My boil-off rate is very unpredictable
     
    #24 Lukass, Apr 5, 2016
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  5. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    Perhaps soak fermenters in a stiff bleach solution. That should kill everything. I had some infection problems once and soaked everything for a week. After a complete hot water rinse followed by the usual starsan no more trouble,
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    #25 GormBrewhouse, Apr 5, 2016
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  6. akolb

    akolb Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2015 Colorado

    I just hook up a blow off tube and put the end in a bucket with little sanitizer solution. Prevents any mess.
     
    #26 akolb, Apr 5, 2016
  7. Lukass

    Lukass Pooh-Bah (2,891) Dec 16, 2012 Ohio
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    Yea, I've been doing it that way for years. Of course the one time I decide I'm not gonna use a blowoff tube it happens! :angry:
     
    #27 Lukass, Apr 5, 2016
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