ABC American Pale Ale Fermentation notes

01/23 - ~1PM - pitched yeast, filled airlock with bourbon
01/23 - 7PM - 65F
01/24 - 11AM - very small white matter forming on top
01/24 - 3:30PM - lots of foam, 1-2 bubbles/second - 66F

at ~26 hours

01/24 - 10:20PM - 1" foam, 1-2 bubbles/second, applied foil to keep warm/keep out sun - 68F

at ~33 hours

01/25 - 7:00AM - ~2" foam, bubbling a bit more now - 66F

at ~42 hours

01/25 - 4:10PM - foam filling carboy, coming out of airlock, constant bubbling, refilled airlock
with bourbon - 65F

at ~51 hours

01/25 - 7:00PM - airlock foamed out again, carefully moved the carboy into the basement sink
01/25 - 10:15PM - sanitized (with Straight-A premium cleanser) a new plug, a pen cap (thanks to Ben Smith), a tube, and a bucket to create a blow-off mechanism; carboy was without proper airlock for perhaps 8 hours, hoping that the carbon dioxide/liquid/bubbles were enough to keep the outside world out