Good morning, I'm hoping to get some advice. I brewed my 4th extract batch, an IPA. I'm using a 6 gallon plastic fermenter with a 2 piece airlock. I probably have 5 1/2 to 5 3/4 gallons in the fermenter. I put it in the fermenter about 9:30 at night, in the middle of the night so much pressure built up it blew the lid off. It's happened again 3 times this morning. Seems like the airlock gets clogged and then the lid blows. I pulled the airlock a few times to clean it and put it back but it is overwhelmed by the bubbles in a few minutes.
Any ideas if I did something wrong or anything I should be doing to keep this batch from going bad? Thanks!
Any ideas if I did something wrong or anything I should be doing to keep this batch from going bad? Thanks!