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HELP - vigorous foam, popping lid~~

HI, If anyone has any words of advice for me., they would greatly be appreciated:

I am trying to make a weizenbock beer. 2 cans of wheat extract (barley mix), a bag of powdered wheat, steeped grains, etc. and German weizen yeast. Anyway, I pitched it last night, and by 4 pm today the air lock was full of beer. (I use the 5 gallon bucket system). It got worse from there. Foam out the top, etc. I moved it to the sink, and stuck a hose through the opening and into a dish of water. Then sometime after 9 (while away from home for an hour or so), the lid popped off the bucket. I replaced it and it did it again within 5 minutes. I have it off as of now, just sitting loose on top and hoping for no contamination.

I understand that the temp in the house may be to blame, but I don't think its that bad.

Please tell me there is hope for this. It is my favorite kind of beer (like Aventinus), and I sunk a lot of $ in the supplies.

thanks in advance

-- jack

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jack
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You had a very active fermentation which is good. The problem is that your fermenter is too small. Give it another day with the lid off to let the bulk of the fermentation finish. Re-sanitize and replace it, and you should be golden. There will still be enough CO2 production to keep any nasties out.

I'd look into getting a larger fermenter. I use a 7-gallon carboy and haven't had a problem with over-flowing in a long time.

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Glenn L.

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Liz Boyd

There is hope, because this is normal when the ferment first starts.

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Glenn

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