I just thought I would share...
I have been brewing for 5 years and never had a batch NOT produce enough Co2 to make bubbles in the airlock...until my last batch. This was my second all grain BIAB using my newly made E-kettle set up. I brewed up a APA on Monday and didn't see any bubbles in the Air-lock 48 hours later. I did a thorough search on HBT and found that this can happen. I took a real close look at my brew bucket an noticed that the wort was cloudy and there were signs of a karusen... RDWHAHB.
I took a gravity reading today an sure enough I am down to 1.012 @ 68 F. My starting OG was around 1.060 and I pitched US-05.
So, no bubbles doesn't mean crap in terms of fermentation. I did get a strong hop smell when I was moving the bucket around so I may have a cracked grommet, or I may just have had a batch that didn't produce huge amounts of Co2.
In the end you have to trust the yeast and always RDWHAHB.
I have been brewing for 5 years and never had a batch NOT produce enough Co2 to make bubbles in the airlock...until my last batch. This was my second all grain BIAB using my newly made E-kettle set up. I brewed up a APA on Monday and didn't see any bubbles in the Air-lock 48 hours later. I did a thorough search on HBT and found that this can happen. I took a real close look at my brew bucket an noticed that the wort was cloudy and there were signs of a karusen... RDWHAHB.
I took a gravity reading today an sure enough I am down to 1.012 @ 68 F. My starting OG was around 1.060 and I pitched US-05.
So, no bubbles doesn't mean crap in terms of fermentation. I did get a strong hop smell when I was moving the bucket around so I may have a cracked grommet, or I may just have had a batch that didn't produce huge amounts of Co2.
In the end you have to trust the yeast and always RDWHAHB.