MEGA YEAST MONSTER !

[Easydrinker]

We have all had wild ferments where the foamy head tries to climb out of the brew bin and walk away right?
Smack it a few times with a large spoon,allow enough headroom and it is usually controlled.
Tonight my 6th and final ferment from the latest peaty malt sack behaved in a totally different way to it's siblings,including its immediate pre ferment one happening at the same time.
I spent 5 hours scooping the head off into other brew bins,every 5 minutes! I still lost some to overflow wastage.
I have just been brave enough to recombine them as the hydrometer shows that the ferment is virtually finished.
7.5% low beer in less than 10 hours, Those yeast weren't stressed, they were Manically Psycotic!
I am tempted to save some trub and see if it happens again, equally maybe not, that was not a restfull evening, dinner was late and I have walked an indoor marathon.

Robert.

[Icefever]

What yeast was it bakers??....strange it should behave like so. There has to be reason for it to act like this, temp?, amount of yeast?, some unknown ingredient?

[chill]

Maybe a wild yeast infection? You have to admit, that was a wild ferment!

[Easydrinker]

Wild yeast is my odds on favourite.
The fermenting bin in question is my oldest,roughest internals (nooks and crannies), my easy "splash with boiled kettle" method of sanitizing may lack a little finesse and suit the little beggars.

Robert.

[Benoit]

Just for a giggle I'm going to go all conspiracy theory on this & say coming from the man most interested in fast ferments, I suspect a top secret genetic experiment to produce a Hail Mary super yeast funded by a distillery! ED is about to revolutionise the brewing world, whisky will fall from the heavens & large bundles of cash in unmarked brown envelopes will be forced through his letterbox! Congrats!

[Easydrinker]

The thought of Whisky falling from the heavens and envelopes of cash does brighten my day, but sadly I do not expect it

Robert.

[Mash]

Wild yeast is my odds on favourite.
The fermenting bin in question is my oldest,roughest internals (nooks and crannies), my easy "splash with boiled kettle" method of sanitizing may lack a little finesse and suit the little beggars.

Robert.

After a wash-up I store mine lid on with a splash of nuetral in.

[Easydrinker]

Lack of space means that I stack internally.
With hindsight,I could still put something in the bottom.
I certainly dont have the space to allow a fermenter its' own space, if it is not working.

Robert.