Day 4 of Caribou Slobber 1 gallon, look normal??

[KBR97]

First night of fermentation the wort overflowed pushing the airlock out, and clogging up the neck of the 1 gallon jug. Next day when I found it I cleaned it all up and put a clean airlock on and it hasn't had any activity since. None that I have noticed anyway. The temp is around 68 maybe a little more.

What do you think? I though I should be seeing much more activity then just the initial overflow. No bubbles rising, no foam on top...nothing.

 

[thatjonguy]

Looks fine to me, it is not uncommon for ales to mostly ferment in 3 to 4 days. The yeast then start cleaning up any byproducts of fermentation.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Airlock activity is not an indicator of fermentation, on a molecular level the yeast are cleaning up and finishing fermentaion most likely at 4 days. Check gravity and see if your within range for the recipe!

I would leave it a week regardless, helps to drop out trub.

Cheers!

 

[bad67z]

Looks and sounds completely normal to me. Let it go a couple more week and then it's time to bottle.

 

[KBR97]

Ok just wondering cause it seems like it overflowed the first night and then nothing that I was able to see since then.

 

[Dustinj]

I just bottled my 1 gallon slobber kit. It did the exact same thing. I just went ahead and left it for the full two weeks.

 

[WNCBrewman]

I brewed a 5g batch of the Caribou Slobber the other day. Day two the carboy was ready to blow. I had to put a blowoff tube on that night, yet it stopped just before coming out. It slowed down quickly and appears totally settled on day 3. Must be pretty common for this ale.

 

[ittybittykittycommittee]

Caribou slobber appears to ferment heavily at the beginning. Mine blew through the majority of fermentation within 36 hours. Mine is currently at day 9, and mostly (entirely?) done. I hope it clears out substantially--though my gravity sample tasted like a mighty fine brown ale to me (albeit warm and flat).

 

[texcan2000]

It looks great!

 

[midfielder5]

Yes normal/ look at the large ring of yeast on the bottom. Next time use a blow off tube and switch to airlock when it is done actively fermenting.

 

[Dralzz]

I seem to be the odd one out. My Caribou Slobber didn't ferment heavily. It just went pretty gradually for the better part of a week. After two weeks in the fermenter and two weeks in the bottle, I've decided it's ready to drink (just a few at a time though, to allow the others to condition further). I had one last night, and it was very good. Very malty, not much hop action, but great.