Lid we don't need no stinken lid

[Ryanh1801]

this is my 4 gallons of Trippel in a 7 gallon fermenter, kept blowing the lid off so I just took the damn thing off, right now it looks like a volcano experiment. Hope all that talk about c02 protecting the beer is true. I wish I had a video camera, cause it looks cool as hell right now.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g14/Ryanh1985/DSCF0455.jpg

[sanders5x]

cool! looks tasty, bet the house smells good!

[Ryanh1801]

oh yeah, my office smells amazing right now. Lesson to be learned dont put an 1.096 beer on a yeast cake. And if you do use a carboy so you can use a big blow off hose.

[Ó Flannagáin]

I'd soak a towel in sanitizer then put it over top, just for a little extra protection :D ... but should be fine, I suspect.

[Ryanh1801]

Yeah I might do that, specially considering I have the window open to try and cool it off, cause god knows what the temp of that wort is.

[Ó Flannagáin]

hahaha, gotta love that belgian yeast. I had an explosion today, check out the video in my 888 thread. Wort shot to the roof. That was just with wlp001 too.

[BeerBilly]

Awesome!@!!!

[Ryanh1801]

hahaha, gotta love that belgian yeast. I had an explosion today, check out the video in my 888 thread. Wort shot to the roof. That was just with wlp001 too.

Yeah that first time I have beer all over my ceiling, the next time I got it all over my face, trying to get the air lock off before the lid came off again. Then I said screw it, its staying off.

[MrMarbleHead]

Yeah i would get something over that just to keep the nasties out. but that is freaking awesome!

[DrunkenSatyr]

Foil. Can't go wrong.

[cheesefood]

You should start culturing Belgian wild yeast in your house. That'd be cool.

[Ryanh1801]

Well that belgian Abby ale yeast is crazy. FG 1.012!!! Thats 86% attenuation. Should make for a nice 11.3% beer. The sample on transfer tasted great. Now its gonna sit on some Oak cubes for a month.

[DrunkenSatyr]

That sounds like a winner!