Woah…

This is weird. I heard a POP-tinkle-tinkle-tinkle sound over the music, and figured I should go to investigate. I went downstairs and the little red cap had blow off the airlock of the fermenter and it was sitting next to the carboy.

Interestingly, the vodka in the airlock was still pure, and there was only a little yeast stuck in the bottom tube.

I’m thinking what happened was that the base of the airlock clogged, it built up a lot of pressure, and when that raced through the cap popped off the airlock and hit the ceiling, which is what I heard.

I’m just glad I caught it now, instead of tomorrow when it completely clogged, giving the basement a yeast and beer shower.

So, to make a long story short, I switched back to a blowoff hose (note that it’s now clean). I had gone to the airlock from the blowoff tube earlier this evening, as I thought the ferment was slowing down. I guess it wasn’t…

Well, I’ll definitely be leaving this as-is for the next few days.

This yeast really is odd… I’ve never seen any do this. Oh, also, I tasted some of the yeast that got stuck in the airlock, and it’s a really, weird, interesting, trappist-ale flavor with the texture of thin yogurt. Almost like melty frozen yogurt, but sour. Sorta neat…