PedroGhirotti
STA2004
Hello all,
My first ever post!
I brewed an amber ale last saturday, so 5 days into fermentation right now, with an OG at 1.048. I usually use S-04, but this time I used US-05 to get a higher attenuation. I re-hydrated and pitched at 74f (24C).
I noticed something was a little slow when the next day there was no activity on the air lock. I didn't worry too much. Things started bubbling later in the day. Next day (2nd day into fermentation) the air lock was going crazy, so I was happy.
3rd day the air lock was still, that didn't concern me because I had very fast fermentation before, but as I gently pushed the bucket top a little bit, the air lock didn't move at all. I had never seen that. So I opened and for my surprise the krausen was beautiful. I quickly closed and gave it 1 more day.
Next day (yesterday) I took the gravity, 1.014 (i'm supposed to finish at 1.009) and the krausen was even better.
How can the krausen look like that but i have nothing on my air lock? I've read around the forum that bubbles mean nothing for a good fermentation, but not even a little puff would be coming out? Maybe I have a leak on my bucket??
Should I just give another day, take the gravity and bottle when it stops changing? Is it to late to pitch more yeast? Do i need to? Should I just relax and pop a bottle from the fridge?
I've been brewing for a year now and this was the first time I have had this. I read somewhere at HBT about US-05 showing slow start, but couldn't find the thread again..
Sorry for the long ramble...
Thanks for any advice and happy holidays!
My first ever post!
I brewed an amber ale last saturday, so 5 days into fermentation right now, with an OG at 1.048. I usually use S-04, but this time I used US-05 to get a higher attenuation. I re-hydrated and pitched at 74f (24C).
I noticed something was a little slow when the next day there was no activity on the air lock. I didn't worry too much. Things started bubbling later in the day. Next day (2nd day into fermentation) the air lock was going crazy, so I was happy.
3rd day the air lock was still, that didn't concern me because I had very fast fermentation before, but as I gently pushed the bucket top a little bit, the air lock didn't move at all. I had never seen that. So I opened and for my surprise the krausen was beautiful. I quickly closed and gave it 1 more day.
Next day (yesterday) I took the gravity, 1.014 (i'm supposed to finish at 1.009) and the krausen was even better.
How can the krausen look like that but i have nothing on my air lock? I've read around the forum that bubbles mean nothing for a good fermentation, but not even a little puff would be coming out? Maybe I have a leak on my bucket??
Should I just give another day, take the gravity and bottle when it stops changing? Is it to late to pitch more yeast? Do i need to? Should I just relax and pop a bottle from the fridge?
I've been brewing for a year now and this was the first time I have had this. I read somewhere at HBT about US-05 showing slow start, but couldn't find the thread again..
Sorry for the long ramble...
Thanks for any advice and happy holidays!