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ferm problem?

Hey guys,

I checked on here to see if maybe this topic wasn't addressed, I don't think it was. I tried my hand at my first (extract) stout. I did a starter and after a few hours it was literally blowing the top off my flask. I had about 1700ml of liquid in a 2l flask. I put a blowoff on that and then cold crashed and decanted. I brewed this past sunday and by monday morning ferm was going great. Worried about the same problem I quickly switched out to a blowoff tube. Now ferm has slowed to a crawl and I took a quick peek in the fermenter and it looks like the krausen has settled and ferm is almost completely done. The airlock maybe bubbles every minute. Am i worrying over nothing? I've just never had a batch that has gone through it this quickly. I know temperature isn't a problem as my basement has been in optimal conditions all week.

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Permalink Reply by Eivind Sandstrand on March 17, 2010 at 12:16am: Did you pitch the second round of yeast? In any case, it sounds like it worked out very well, good job.

I look forward to tasting the Stout at a meeting in the not too distant future, but for now the Double White will be excellent as well! :)

-e

Permalink Reply by Tom Cassidy on March 17, 2010 at 12:23am: No I didn't repitch, b/c it seemed like ferm was going, slow, but going. So I kept it in the primary a few days longer than usual. I probably could've kept it in the secondary a few more days as well. But it was at the FG and it was pretty clear, and I had the time. So I bottled.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eivind Sandstrand on March 17, 2010 at 12:27am: If there's one thing I've learned in my short brewing career, it's that time + patience shall alleviate most and nearly all concerns :); ▶ Reply to This