Some of my earliest attempts at home brewing would have made good viral YouTube videos. I've transferred wort into a fermenter equipped with a spigot, only to find the spigot was open. I've tried to get the last of a beer into the bottle from the bottling bucket, to see it overflow and end up on the floor. I've nearly pulled a kettle of boiling-hot wort onto the floor trying to hook up the wort chiller. Fortunately, I've not had any serious messes or a need to dial 911 yet... One issue I struggled with a lot is boil-over. When I made smaller batches, my kettle was just barely larger than the batch I was brewing. More than a little foam meant that I ran a huge risk of boil-over. A few times, when I stopped watching the boil to double-check a measurement or see what I needed to add next, foam crept over the sides of the kettle and made a mess. Here are all the ways you can prevent boil-over in your next batch of homebrew: Larger Kettles...