As the title says, I am 72 hours into my first brew. I am brewing a German Alt. Unfortunately a friend of mine who had a hyrdrometer he was going to let me borrow, had to go out of town unexpectantly. So therefore, I have not been able to take any readings. I steeped some grains, then boiled 6lbs total of extract in 3.5 gallons of water. I cooled, then transfered to primary and pitched my yeast (dry). Started fermenting aout 8 hours later. Within 24 hours I had about 1 inch of foam. (Never more than that, with a 6.8 gallon carboy). By the 48th hour the airlock only had about 1 bubble every 2 minutes and the foam had subsided. I moved to secondary fermenter at that point, and now 24 hours later (72 total) I am getting about 1 bubble every 2.5 minutes.
Does this seem normal? I thought I would get fermentation for about a week total.
Any comments/concerns about the comments above would be apreciated.
Thanks
Does this seem normal? I thought I would get fermentation for about a week total.
Any comments/concerns about the comments above would be apreciated.
Thanks