dickproenneke
Well-Known Member
I purchased a new bucket fermenter from NB a couple weeks ago. On Tuesday I put a 5 gallon batch of stout in the new bucket along with a 1L starter of wlp007. After 24 nothing. No airlock activity at all. 48hrs... more nothing. So I took a peek inside the bucket. Opening the lid very slightly, I was delighted to see a large krausen on top of my beer. So what gives? Why no airlock activity? Must be an ill-fitting bucket lid, huh? I know that during active fermentation my beer will be safe from the nastys getting into the bucket, but what about after its finished? Any harm in leaving the beer in there for the usual 4 weeks?