Fermenting slowed down after 1 week

[Brewort]

I'm brewing a honey ale and the fermentation has slowed down to 6 second "blips" in the air lock. It's only been a week. Is this normal, or does it mean something is wrong?

 

[unionrdr]

It's likely just co2 off gassing at this point. Use your hydrometer to see how far it's along.

 

[brycelarson]

That's normal. It doesn't mean that it is complete - but the fastest part is at the beginning when there is a lot of sugar.

Don't use your airlock to try to gauge fermentation temp - it's a poor indicator. Give it two weeks total then you can chekc gravity with your hydrometer.

 

[TyTanium]

Counting blips is useful for insomnia. That's about it.

 

[LovesIPA]

Fermentation is supposed to slow down as the yeast consume more and more of the sugars. I wouldn't even touch it, including taking a hydrometer reading, until it's been in primary for three weeks. Throw a towel over it and forget about it until then.

 

[Clonefan94]

You're fine, I've had an airlock bubble for a week and a half and I've had an airlock bubble for a day and a half, both beers hit FG just fine and tasted great. There really is non "normal" action for an airlock. No two systems are exactly the same and there are a ton of factors that determine how long or how short an airlock will bubble for, if at all. On the one I mentioned that only bubbled for a day and a half, I got the noob brewer panic after I didn't see any airlock activity after 2 days. So, I popped the lid, just to see what was going on, and there was a beautiful Krausen doing it's thing. that's when it finally clicked, yeah, airlock ativity isn't a good indicator of anything other than there might be gas flowing through the airlock.