Exploding Carboy PIC

[WJShaw]

It's good for a laugh ...

Carboy Pic

[Richard]

[chrismccull]

What a mess, I don't use air locks any more trying to avoid that.

[pliny]

What a mess, I don't use air locks any more trying to avoid that.

Open fermentation?

Are you going all Belgian on us?

[Richard]

That or he does what I do and use a blow-off tube... although that probably does nothing to reduce the risk of this kinda thing.

[Chris Craig]

I've brewed almost 40 kegs of beer since Christmas, and I've never even come close to needing a blow-off tube.  Of course, I only have about 5.25 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy.

[Richard]

That'll do it - head space is the key to avoiding it altogether. I just have a bad habit of filling to six gallons 'cause I want 5.5 in a keg at the end of the day..