alarmingly bubbly

21Jan07

No, this isn’t my personality I’m referring to – it’s my airlock!

Actually, it’s interesting that I have this problem, because I neglected to properly “smack” my “smack pack” and wasn’t AT ALL certain that my yeast was viable anyway. I called Leah in a panic, and she was her cool and collected self, as usual, telling me to wait it out and order another yeast if need be. But apparently the “smack pack” doesn’t necessarily need to be smacked, because the yeast was just fine. Here’s how the thing looked this morning (the red airlock cap actually POPPED OFF when I was in the room!):

bubbly-airlock.jpg

This hasn’t ever happened to me before and I got a little panicky. I immediately got busy sanitizing and switched the airlock to a blowoff tube. A tube which, ten minutes later, is already bubbling like mad, too:

blowoff-tube.jpg

Well, I guess hyperactive fermentation is a better problem to have than no fermentation at all, right?

Anyway, other than the yeast going postal, yesterday went beautifully well, brewing-wise. I have some lingering doubts (the color of the beer seems a little too light, for one thing) but I’m going to stop thinking about it for now.


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  1. 1 Danyah on January 22, 2007 said:

    So what kind of beer is it? I have the opposite problem, I think I’m going to have to throw out my amber ale. It’s been 48 hours and is doing NOTHING. Bummer.


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