Evan
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so last weekend i brewed up an IPA from a recipe i found online. the liquid yeast never seemed to catch, i didnt do a started because the bottle just said to pitch at 70-75 degrees. its never bubbled in the air lock. i assumed i messed up, needed a started or something. so i hadn't got around to dumping it yet till saturday and i noticed when i opened my bucket, that it looked like it had been fermenting...so i took a gravity reading and sure enough it was lower then my original reading. so i let it be...but can you have fermentation without it bubbling in the air lock?
2nd question...IF this batch isn't completely messed up i'm going to dry hop it. i have an extra sack that i use for my grain and my hops are still in the frig. is it cool to put them in that bag (i dont want to mess with trying to get all the leaf hops out of my carboy). should i boil the bag first before putting it in the carboy (tied to fishing line)? kind of winded there, sorry haha
2nd question...IF this batch isn't completely messed up i'm going to dry hop it. i have an extra sack that i use for my grain and my hops are still in the frig. is it cool to put them in that bag (i dont want to mess with trying to get all the leaf hops out of my carboy). should i boil the bag first before putting it in the carboy (tied to fishing line)? kind of winded there, sorry haha