I started my first batch of beer on Friday night. I am starting the easy way with a pre-hopped extract kit from Muntons. I did it according to the instructions, but used dried malt extract instead of dextrose. The airlock was bubbling within 12 hours and by 24 hours it was raging. After 2 days though, it has pretty much stopped bubbling. I am not constantly watching it, but I haven't seen a bubble in a few hours. I figured it would be active longer than two days?!
I also started two batches of hard cider on Saturday. I did a gallon of apple juice with dextrose and Montrachet wine yeast and a gallon with dextrose and Saphron ale yeast. Both of these gallons were bubbling good at 12 hours and getting a bubble every three seconds at 24 hours. It's been two days, and they are still bubbling good, about every 4 seconds. So far so good on the cider, but I'm wondering what's up with the beer.
It's between 67-72 F where I'm keeping them.
I also started two batches of hard cider on Saturday. I did a gallon of apple juice with dextrose and Montrachet wine yeast and a gallon with dextrose and Saphron ale yeast. Both of these gallons were bubbling good at 12 hours and getting a bubble every three seconds at 24 hours. It's been two days, and they are still bubbling good, about every 4 seconds. So far so good on the cider, but I'm wondering what's up with the beer.
It's between 67-72 F where I'm keeping them.