Golden Ale has liftoff!!

This is getting to be a growing trend in our brewing escapades... These blurry pics are what happens when the yeast gets too antsy and our carboy can't handle it. Even with the blowoff tube in a separate large bucket, the opening wasn't big enough to keep the top from blowing off. In the picture I had put the cover back on, it was blown onto the floor. 

It even reached the ceiling! BTW, that stuff is incredibly hard to scrape off. And tiring. Our house smelled like beer for 3 days. It might be smart for us to put the fermenting beer somewhere not over carpet :P 

When I found the fermenter the towel had draped over the top of it, so I'm hoping we didn't get any bacteria in it. When this has happened before, the beer got infected and the bottles can explode. Not to mention it doesn't taste as good. And the beer is really foamy and spews out of the bottle when you open it. Lots of fun stuff ;) 

So we will be bottling this one soon, and we'll be brewing a Belgian-style Ale this week based on our new book Brew Like a Monk that we got from my sister and brother-in-law. We are also growing to 10 gallon batches!! We got some new pots and new burners from a flea market. I will try to get some more pictures to post of the brewing process and our setup.