Yep, pitched some mangrove jacks yeast into a Ritchies brown ale this morning. Nine hours later, had to a gallon off it and the head is super, super erupting :c Looks like this one is lost to the annals of time :/
Think I am about to lose most of a batch
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I was wondering the same!
I use the wilko gervin mainly because I have no temp control, it is abit of a beast, hope you can save your brew, I have a vision in my head of the heads of the liver birds sticking out through the krausenI emptied about a gallon and a half from the FV to cope with that Mount Etna of a Krausen. It seems to be at critical mass right now, and does not look to be troubling me further. Real pain having to get up and check on it each hour. Was so bad I thought I was going to have to bin it. Still, not happy at that amount of waste of ale. And haha Rod!! More like the Ritchies Brown Ale Phoenix!! xD And aye, temp when pitched was 26 C, damn thing is back up to 28 C >< grr. Should be about 5% abv when done tho. Next time, it's Kveik yeast 
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Couldn't you just have scooped some of the Krausen off ?
I'll bear that in mind if there is a next time - thx.
Hi Arcs yep it's a bit lively when pitched at the top end of it's range one reason I have not tried any stouts, just pb'd 15 liters of dark mild only 4.2% should be good round the barby, I had a trip to love brewing a couple of weeks ago for a 25kg sack of maris otter none in stock
Fit a blow off tube..
It directs your eruption into a jar so it doesn't make so much of a mess. A bit like the pic at the top of this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/2efypr/after_primary_fermentation_do_you_clean_and/
Here's a bit of reading on it https://draymans.com/brewing-with-antifoam-is-it-good-or-bad/
A good way to control a foaming boil is to spray it with a star san solution. Water might work also. The same trick might be useful for a fermenting beer. Never tried it myself, but could be an option?
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