Blowovers

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lucas
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Blowovers

So, the last three times I've brewed my fermentors have had huge blowovers and have made messes that have needed cleaning in the ferm room :-(.  I'm adding fermcap both during the boil and when I pitch the yeast.  Also, there's plenty of room as I'm using a 6.5 gallon fermenters for 5 gallon bathes.  Additionally, I'm using huge blow-off tubes into a jar of Starsan. 

Does anyone have any other ideas?  Am I doing something wrong?  I'd really like to keep this from happening for a whole bunch of reasons.

Chris Murphy
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You could always spit it

You could always spit it between 2 carboys. Loosing beer is no fun.

JimChochola
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Use bigger blow-off

Use bigger blow-off receptacles. I usually use one growler per carboy and even then I myself have had some overflows. Sometimes I use a homer bucket for two carboys and have never had a problem with that setup.