fast denouement to fermentation. what now?

[subjockey]

Hi all. Not worried here, just want to get your thoughts.

Brewing a spiced ale with an OG of 1.070. I pitched with 2 packets of S-33, rehydrating only 1 of the packets before pitching. Fermenting away within 3 hours. Very fast bubbling the following morning. Within 36 hours it slowed to around 1 bubble per minute. The 1.5 inch Kreusen that formed has settled back into the brew.

Maybe everything I'm describing is normal. This is only my second batch. Since the fermentation activity is so different from my first batch I thought I'd ask to see if anything I've described is out of the ordinary. Note: I've also read that the yeast I'm using isn't the most respected.

My next step is to wait about 5 days and take a gravity for a pulse check.

Thoughts? Thanks!!

 

[manoaction]

Gravity readings not bubbles are what count.

What you've described sounds fine and normal to me. A lot of my fermentations appear quiet at 48 hours, and almost all look sill at 72.

Good oxygen and solid pitch rates get you there fast.

 

[windbreaker123]

Sounds ok to me.

 

[subjockey]

Sweet, thanks everyone.