Here's my situation:
I did an American Amber Ale kit by Brewer's Best last Saturday afternoon. I followed instructions to the 'T' and even had an experience brewer help me up till fermentation. I had my bucket fermenter in the my basement for untill Monday and I saw basically no action at all (some tiny bubbles along the airlock but no movement) my basement is at 64 degrees constant.
So after 2 days of no action I bring it upstairs in the closet where it's 71 degrees constant. Wednesday morning it finally started bubbling. It's now bubbling almost once every second. I intend on letting it set about 2 weeks before I even crack it open to check it with the hydrometer.
Based on that info... do you experts think will still be a decent batch?
I'm concerned the lag time might've been a little long.
Is fermenting at 64 degrees too cold for ale's, or would I have been OK leaving it stay in my basement?
I'm definetly getting a better bottle for my next batch so I can visually see if fermentation is happening or not.
I did an American Amber Ale kit by Brewer's Best last Saturday afternoon. I followed instructions to the 'T' and even had an experience brewer help me up till fermentation. I had my bucket fermenter in the my basement for untill Monday and I saw basically no action at all (some tiny bubbles along the airlock but no movement) my basement is at 64 degrees constant.
So after 2 days of no action I bring it upstairs in the closet where it's 71 degrees constant. Wednesday morning it finally started bubbling. It's now bubbling almost once every second. I intend on letting it set about 2 weeks before I even crack it open to check it with the hydrometer.
Based on that info... do you experts think will still be a decent batch?
I'm concerned the lag time might've been a little long.
Is fermenting at 64 degrees too cold for ale's, or would I have been OK leaving it stay in my basement?
I'm definetly getting a better bottle for my next batch so I can visually see if fermentation is happening or not.