Fermentation...did I blow it?

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newbrewguy11

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Brewed first ever batch last Tuesday. Everything went according to plan, nothing too surprising. After about 24 hours, it started to bubble through airlock, I figured this was a good thing. After a few days though the bubbles essentially stopped, now they are completely stopped.

My two concerns are:
1) Fermentation was never really all the vigorous
2) The bubbling has stopped

The question, of course, is....is the beer ruined, just slow, or ?? And of course, what do I need to do next time.
 
newbrewguy11 said:
Brewed first ever batch last Tuesday. Everything went according to plan, nothing too surprising. After about 24 hours, it started to bubble through airlock, I figured this was a good thing. After a few days though the bubbles essentially stopped, now they are completely stopped.

My two concerns are:
1) Fermentation was never really all the vigorous
2) The bubbling has stopped

The question, of course, is....is the beer ruined, just slow, or ?? And of course, what do I need to do next time.

It's fine, that's natural. I think there's literally 12, 000 threads like this here haha
 
Haha, I figured there were a lot of threads but you know how it is....you brew your first batch and figure you blew it :)
 
Yup, pretty normal. Although, every fermentation is different. Bubbling in your airlock is not an accurate indication of the fermentation process (beat you to it Revvy!! :D ). Patience young Skywalker... (sorry, Star Wars is on in the background right now) Give it a couple weeks then take a reading with your hydrometer. If there seems to be a problem at that time, let us know and we can all discuss it further.
 
You're fine. Continue on a normal fermentation schedule and take a gravity reading when possible.

I really believe no one has any reason to worry unless the beer never visibly ferments *at all* (which can be fixed if you act quickly) or until there's a bad hydrometer reading (which can be fixed in a lot of cases.)
 
Thanks guys for all the reassurance. I've learned a lot here and I can't think everyone enough for all the help.

Best wishes for 2012 to all!
 

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