First Fermentation And Worried Something Is Wrong

I am doing my first fermentation using a Belgian Ale kit. I started this Monday evening and have it in a location that is running between 64 and 66*f consistent. On the first night, the cap of the airlock blew off and gunk came through the airlock onto the top of the fermenter. I cleaned that all up, sanitized the airlock again and replaced it. Tuesday night, bubbling in the airlock was still happening but not a lot. Today, there is no bubbling happening at all.

Is this something to worry about? My boyfriend started his first brew the day before I did, and he still had bubbling yesterday. He is doing a Red Ale.

Topic blow-off fermentation homebrew

Category Mac

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This is known as a "blowoff", and happens under various conditions: (overfull fermentor, temperature, yeast strain, fermentability of wort...) It sounds like you did everything right. As stated above, measuring the gravity gives you much more information than counting the bubbles, since so many things can effect the amount of CO2 coming out of the fermentor.

For future brews: What is a proper blow-off tube setup?

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Nothing to worry about. The kind of mess you've had to deal with is one of the reasons I prefer to start out in the pail. :-)

Relax... everything will be fine.

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