I'm about to leave for a week and I just started a 5 gallon batch. Interestingly enough my first batch. I've done a few things out of order, but I think I'm on the right track now unless someone tells me otherwise.
I put the yeast in my batch Friday night and realized I didn't have a real means to stir it. I gained that means Sunday (today) and stirred it up a little to try and get things rolling. I knew not to do it full blast or it might overflow, so i was delicate. Throughout the night I watched it get a little more bubbly in the bubbler. About an hour ago, my girlfriend noticed the foaming was getting up into the neck of the carboy and I knew that could be bad news. I figured maybe I didn't leave the bung off long enough when I stirred so I stirred again to de-gas it again but to the extreme this time. Went ahead and let it foam over and waited on that foam to get way down. Now it's bubbling every 12-15 seconds and I think it's probably ok.
My problem is this: I'm not going to be home for about a week. What are the chances this thing is going to foam up and possibly blow up while I'm gone? I'm ok with coming home and the batch itself is terrible. I just don't want an explosion. I'm leaving the carboy in the tub with the shower curtain closed as a precaution, but if I leave tomorrow and it explodes tuesday, that's going to be a sticky impossible mess when I get home. Think it'll be ok?
I put the yeast in my batch Friday night and realized I didn't have a real means to stir it. I gained that means Sunday (today) and stirred it up a little to try and get things rolling. I knew not to do it full blast or it might overflow, so i was delicate. Throughout the night I watched it get a little more bubbly in the bubbler. About an hour ago, my girlfriend noticed the foaming was getting up into the neck of the carboy and I knew that could be bad news. I figured maybe I didn't leave the bung off long enough when I stirred so I stirred again to de-gas it again but to the extreme this time. Went ahead and let it foam over and waited on that foam to get way down. Now it's bubbling every 12-15 seconds and I think it's probably ok.
My problem is this: I'm not going to be home for about a week. What are the chances this thing is going to foam up and possibly blow up while I'm gone? I'm ok with coming home and the batch itself is terrible. I just don't want an explosion. I'm leaving the carboy in the tub with the shower curtain closed as a precaution, but if I leave tomorrow and it explodes tuesday, that's going to be a sticky impossible mess when I get home. Think it'll be ok?