O.K. so my roommates and I love good beer so we wanted to try to brew our own.
We went to the local brew shop and picked up a standard equipment kit ($60) and a Scotch Ale ingredients kit. We followed the directions that came with the kit. After cooling the wort to 73ºF we measured the SG at 1.040 (range on kit said 1.045-1.050).
After pitching the yeast, (just tossing the yeast in and stirring it up) we capped it and put on the burper (with water in it ).
We didn't see any activity 10 hours so being curious we opened it up and took a look and saw a nice looking head.
By 24 hours we still didn't see any bubbles so we took another peak and the head was gone and there was a little stuff around the edges where the foam had been. (it looked pretty dead in there). We took another SG reading and it measured 1.012 (final SG from recipe was 1.010-1.012).
So what happened? Can it ferment in 24 hours like that and is that bad? I thought we had a good seal on the bucket so I don't know where the gas went.
Also, should we still wait a 7 days before bottling?
BTW, first post
We went to the local brew shop and picked up a standard equipment kit ($60) and a Scotch Ale ingredients kit. We followed the directions that came with the kit. After cooling the wort to 73ºF we measured the SG at 1.040 (range on kit said 1.045-1.050).
After pitching the yeast, (just tossing the yeast in and stirring it up) we capped it and put on the burper (with water in it ).
We didn't see any activity 10 hours so being curious we opened it up and took a look and saw a nice looking head.
By 24 hours we still didn't see any bubbles so we took another peak and the head was gone and there was a little stuff around the edges where the foam had been. (it looked pretty dead in there). We took another SG reading and it measured 1.012 (final SG from recipe was 1.010-1.012).
So what happened? Can it ferment in 24 hours like that and is that bad? I thought we had a good seal on the bucket so I don't know where the gas went.
Also, should we still wait a 7 days before bottling?
BTW, first post