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**infelconi** · 08-31-2009, 08:08 PM

Just put the lid back on. If the Krease is still there (I think that's how it is spelled; I'm talking about the foam on top of the fermenting beer) then there is a 90%+ chance your beer is fine. Just remember no matter what you do it will never be perfectly sterile so just make a best effort and if the lid comes off, and they do blow off from time to time, then put it back on but less tight so that the gas can maybe escape through the threads. The idea is just to give the beer yeast a head start. Just follow the directions (and 12 hours of boiling seems a really, really long time), then let the stuff cool and using a thermometer pitch the yeast when the temperature is right. The beer will do the rest.

BTW the foam makes a nice barrier which protects the beer so don't worry about the lid being off as long as it isn't off for hours and hours.

08-31-2009, 08:08 PM	#15
infelconi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Just put the lid back on. If the Krease is still there (I think that's how it is spelled; I'm talking about the foam on top of the fermenting beer) then there is a 90%+ chance your beer is fine. Just remember no matter what you do it will never be perfectly sterile so just make a best effort and if the lid comes off, and they do blow off from time to time, then put it back on but less tight so that the gas can maybe escape through the threads. The idea is just to give the beer yeast a head start. Just follow the directions (and 12 hours of boiling seems a really, really long time), then let the stuff cool and using a thermometer pitch the yeast when the temperature is right. The beer will do the rest. BTW the foam makes a nice barrier which protects the beer so don't worry about the lid being off as long as it isn't off for hours and hours.
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