Blowout from Extract Kit...repercussions?

[brewinhard]

No doubt! Ferm-cap S is da bomb! Really does help quite a bit when the fermentation starts raging towards the top. Has definitely saved me from a big clean up more than once and I have never had ANY problem with head retention in any of my beers.

[jimlin]

I just brewed my 1st 5 gal batch, using a 6.5 gal bucket for a fermenter. Out of fear of the unknown, I inserted my airlock, but ran 1/2" inside diameter tubing from the airlock into a growler with water and one-step sanitizer solution as a blowoff. Brewed on Sat morning, and on Mon evening I pulled the tube and filled the airlock with the sanitized solution and capped it. By Mon night the bubbling had slowed enough and I could see that the krausen still had plenty of room in the bucket. My OG was only around 1.045, so I didn't think I had too much to worry about, but better safe..