Or use a plastic bucket for your primary fermentation and rack to a glass
carboy for your secondary. If you have one, a bottling bucket works great
as a primary. Just tip the spigot side up a bit with a towel or something,
and the trub will tend to collect at the other side.
-Joe
"Glenn L." <lango77@adjuncts.optonline.net> wrote in message
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> "kosh" <no@way.com> wrote in message
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> > i just did my first batch of brew last night and this morning the
> > carboy fizzed up so much it overflowed through the airlock.......what
> > could i have done wrong????
> > will the beer be ok minus the stuff that overflowed??
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> Don't worry at all. There could be two reasons for this happening...
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> 1. You had a very active, fast fermentation. Other than losing beer,[/color]
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> is good. It means that your yeast was healthy and the odds of getting an
> infection were small.
> 2. Your carboy is too small. For a 5-gallon batch, I use a 7-gallon
> carboy. If you use a 5-gallon carboy, there is not much headspace for the
> foam.
>
> If you can find one, get a larger fermenter. If not, get yourself some
> large (1 to 1-1/4 inch) tubing for your carboy. If you use smaller[/color]
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> it may clog up and you could have a dangerous pressure-buildup situation.
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