aight guys,
I've never tried to make beer before and I went into it with not much knowledge. Anyway, everything was fine until about 3 days into the fermentation period. The airlock bubbled every 10 or 15 seconds for about 2 days, then nothing. Its been about 2 and a half days since i noticed any activity (6 days total). Eventually I opened it and measured a 1.014 spec gravity (after 5 days or so) along with a 2% potential alcohol percent and "5" for the balling measurement. I'm thinking I killed my yeast somehow, maybe because I didn't put enough in or I didn't clean the bleach out well enough when I washed the container. What do you guys think? Why would it bubble for 2 days and then abruptly stop?
I've never tried to make beer before and I went into it with not much knowledge. Anyway, everything was fine until about 3 days into the fermentation period. The airlock bubbled every 10 or 15 seconds for about 2 days, then nothing. Its been about 2 and a half days since i noticed any activity (6 days total). Eventually I opened it and measured a 1.014 spec gravity (after 5 days or so) along with a 2% potential alcohol percent and "5" for the balling measurement. I'm thinking I killed my yeast somehow, maybe because I didn't put enough in or I didn't clean the bleach out well enough when I washed the container. What do you guys think? Why would it bubble for 2 days and then abruptly stop?