Now I am sure this thread may already exist but I cannot find it for the life of me (feel free to move it if it does!). A good place to pile all the pics of aggressive ferments for others to see
Had my first out of control ferment this week. Brewed a Saison on Monday and missed the vol by 2L so only had 17L in the fermenter. Also had one of those new wyeast activator packs which I smacked in the morning (3944 Belgian Witbier Yeast) however it was not that swollen by 5pm despite the reports others have given.
I chucked a tsp of wyeat nutrient into the boil and airated for about 4hours with an airstone (pic in this thread).
Well no sign of action until Wed morning (was getting worried) but then it took of like a rocket! The Krausen managed to fill the remaining 15L or so of the fermenter and puke out the top a bit, you can see the volume in the pic below very impressive if not as explosive as others have had Never seen anything like it before h34r:
Could have been the strain of yeast? Nutrient? Airation?
Had my first out of control ferment this week. Brewed a Saison on Monday and missed the vol by 2L so only had 17L in the fermenter. Also had one of those new wyeast activator packs which I smacked in the morning (3944 Belgian Witbier Yeast) however it was not that swollen by 5pm despite the reports others have given.
I chucked a tsp of wyeat nutrient into the boil and airated for about 4hours with an airstone (pic in this thread).
Well no sign of action until Wed morning (was getting worried) but then it took of like a rocket! The Krausen managed to fill the remaining 15L or so of the fermenter and puke out the top a bit, you can see the volume in the pic below very impressive if not as explosive as others have had Never seen anything like it before h34r:
Could have been the strain of yeast? Nutrient? Airation?