Hello folks,
I have a batch on that started well. For the first four days, the bubler was going great, but it has already slowed down to one "blub" every 20 seconds. I was thinking about using a campden tablet to clean it up and then adding another packet of yeast. Any thoughts or ideas on this?
Thanks, Denis
Bad idea...for one, even if you were to add extra yeast, the campden tab is unneccesary. Second, how do you know it's not done? Bubbles tell you nothing about the beer. What was the OG? What's the gravity now? What yeast, and how much did you use? What temp did it ferment at?
----------->Denny
can you give us your starting gravity and the style you are making?
-barley
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These guys are right. Depending on what type of yeast you used, it might just be finished. Yeast will ferment faster at a higher temperature, also, ale yeast does its thing faster than lager, moreover, the more sugars in the mash, the longer it will ferment. With that said, if you're doing an ale, don't have a controlled temperature on your fermenter so it's room temperature, and maybe you did not get a good extraction rate from the grain, it can ferment in
3-5 days. You'll just end up with something as strong as Coors light or Bud light, which you probably don't want...Carl
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