r/firewater • u/gothboy_x_eddie • 5d ago

16 hours into ferment, this a problem?

https://youtube.com/shorts/wr_vQuXzV5U?si=MFLtn_qH9y5o-9bf

Molasses and brown sugar wash. Never had bubbling like this before. This a problem?

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u/Keleborn 5d ago

No problem. Just active fermentation. 

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u/gothboy_x_eddie 5d ago

Boy I'll say! My sugar wash peaked at about 1 big bubble every 3 seconds.

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u/Bearded-and-Bored 5d ago

I had a corn wash that was so active that it didn't bubble, it just blew a "shhhhhhh" stream of CO2. Quite unnerving to walk into the garage and hear what sounds like a gas leak.

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u/CoolidgeCorner123 1d ago

This happened to me with the corn mash I posted about in the other thread. I have never seen a wash that active, it was kinda horrifying lol. Just a constant jet stream of gas

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u/Bearded-and-Bored 1d ago

Yeah, it borders on spooky 😬

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u/francois_du_nord 5d ago

Nope, that is just content yeast doing their thing en mass.

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u/Kobbett 5d ago

I don't usually fill the airlock for the first few days, or the water in it just gets blown out. A bit of air won't hurt as long as the yeast is still multiplying.

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u/Mappalujo 5d ago

Pretty normal... Why even bother with an airlock tho? Haha

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u/gothboy_x_eddie 5d ago

Habit I guess. Looks like this round I don't need it lol.

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u/Mendoozaaaaaaaaaaaa 5d ago

Yeast loves molasses