If you look back at my previous posts (which I encourage you to do so by clicking on "Older Posts" on the bottom of the page), I had detailed a problem that I incurred with the airlock on my primary fermenter due to extremely active fermentation on the Whisky Romeo's Brown Ale. I solved that problem by switching the airlock to a blow off tube, which allows more carbon dioxide to freely escape the fermenter. Well it was late the night I finished brewing the American Barleywine and without putting much though into it I didn't bother to install a blow off tube on the ferment and went for an airlock because I had one handy. This is what I ended up with when I came home from work on Tuesday, February 26th:
Here's a close-up of the clogged airlock:
What a mess! I'm lucky that the airlock didn't shoot off and put a dent in my ceiling or have the phone top blow off leaving the beer to infection. Instead I was able to clean off the fermenter, properly install a blow off tube, and (hopefully) save the beer. You can actually see the foam coming through the tube and the bubbles in the pitcher of sanitized water. Usually the activity stops within 4-7 days, but this beer is going on day 12 now and activity is still noticeable.
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