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Old 05-27-2009, 11:53 AM   #1
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Default I made my Apfelwein on Saturday but

After 2 days of bubbles on my air lock it completly stopped...I have it on a better bottle so I can see inside and I can see alot of action inside but no bubbles are coming thru the air lock...I checked for leaks and it seems pretty tight..is that normal?


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I'm not sure that its normal, but its certainly fine. Even though you've checked, you must have a leak somewhere, but I wouldn't be concerned about it. If there's action in the carboy you have fermentation.
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Old 05-27-2009, 03:40 PM   #3
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A lack of bubbles in the airlock means NOTHING.

The yeast are busy. Let them do their thing. This is an 8 week process. Two days in the carboy gets you, what, 1/30 of the way to bottling?

Airlock = NOTHING.

Relax.
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it just means you do have a leak. gas will always go the path of least resistance. even if its a leak you cannot detect.

it happens. nothign to worry about. leave it for a month
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same here, I can see little bubbles...I know she's working.. Airlock is dead but I'll give her 8 weeks to prove me wrong..I can smell that it's working..


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