Put down a Belgian Strong Dark on Sunday arvo, pitching a healthy 3L starter at 21C and giving it 45 minutes with an airstone. About an hour later we had a bubbling airlock and by Monday morning some krausen starting to appear in the airlock.
Monday night saw a fair bit of yeast in the airlock, and Tuesday morning I woke to find this thing had climbed out of the 120mm headspeace in the fermenter, and was continuously pouring yeast out of the airlock, over the lid of the fermenter and onto the floor. Good thing I sat it in the shower because the fermenting fridge was busy... And had climbed from it's temp controlled 21C to 25C. The first time I've ever had to use a blowoff tube, in an effort just to contain the mess. This yeast is one aggressive mofo. Hope it leaves some of itself in the fermenter to chew on the sugars :huh:
Monday night saw a fair bit of yeast in the airlock, and Tuesday morning I woke to find this thing had climbed out of the 120mm headspeace in the fermenter, and was continuously pouring yeast out of the airlock, over the lid of the fermenter and onto the floor. Good thing I sat it in the shower because the fermenting fridge was busy... And had climbed from it's temp controlled 21C to 25C. The first time I've ever had to use a blowoff tube, in an effort just to contain the mess. This yeast is one aggressive mofo. Hope it leaves some of itself in the fermenter to chew on the sugars :huh:
