Fermenter blew it's top

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Fermenter blew it's top

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Had a hell of a mess today. I'm fermenting an all barley, which tend to be a little aggressive but this one is hell bent. I had left the top off for a while, and when I check on it it was spilling over the sides and I had a rather significant puddle on the floor. So, instead of the normal bubble cap I put in my overflow tube. Well, I guess it got clogged and blew its top.
5 feet to the ceiling.
5 feet to the ceiling.
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I've emptied the jar twice already
I've emptied the jar twice already
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Damn what a mess! :sick:

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I bet the wife was happy :D
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holy pressure in that thing. How much does that fermenter hold?
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Damn holly mess,I'd be banned for awhile( actually depended on what it tasted like)! :esurprised:
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HaHa he don't have a wife to piss off. And the fermenter is 15 gallon. How big a batch was it BigR?

What a mess. Cleaning that ceiling will be a pita.
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A coat or two of killz, and ceiling paint may work! :shh:
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Wow I think my wife would move me to the shed if that happened in our downstairs bathroom.
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WOW :shock: That's awesome Big R :clap: :clap: :clap:

I needed a good laugh :lol:
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DANG! I often wonder wow the misses would react when this happens to me.
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Prairiepiss wrote:HaHa he don't have a wife to piss off. And the fermenter is 15 gallon. How big a batch was it BigR?

What a mess. Cleaning that ceiling will be a pita.
I had about 14 gal in there PP.

My ex does come over from time to time. She just shakes her head. I know it kills her not to be able to say somethin'.

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Nice Big R, good to know I'm not the only one that screws up from time to time. :lolno:
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OlympicMtDoo wrote:... good to know I'm not the only one that screws up from time to time. :lolno:
You certainly don't have a corner on that market! I think for most of us, its not a matter of if, but rather when!
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OlympicMtDoo wrote:Nice Big R, good to know I'm not the only one that screws up from time to time. :lolno:
It's not the screwin' up I mind, it's the da** mess I'm always cleanin' up afterwords.

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Two weeks ago today I almost gutted my bathroom... I had a lapse of judgment when preparing some Concord grape wine and grabbed a carbouy that didn't allow for enough head space... The airlock got plugged with grape must and rather than having an explosion in the fermenting closet I opted for releasing the pressure in the bathroom... Being slow and cautious helped mitigate some of the potential mess but it couldn't be avoided altogether... I purposely took the brunt of what would otherwise have gutted the bathroom far worse than it did... I looked like I was the recipient of a projectile vomit-fest... And I had things covered with a towel and let most of the pressure bleed off before fully removing my homemade airlock...

As a side note, the wine is fermented to dry as of today and ready to be racked into a secondary for further clearing before bottling...
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