StunnedMonkey
Well-Known Member
I did my first batch (all grain) on Saturday and all went well. Fermentation in the primary (6.5 gallon carboy) started within 3 or 4 hours and went gangbusters until sometime Monday, when the krausen fell and the airlock quit bubbling. The airlock is one of those three-piece ones, not the "S" shaped one.
Today I was checking the beer and noticed that the vodka looked a bit low in the airlock, so I poured a bit more in. To my surprise, it started bubbling again. No, I didn't so much as jiggle the carboy. I got out a spare airlock and filled it about as high as the one on the carboy had looked, and dangit but it wasn't high enough...the slots were exposed at the tops. That's why it had quit bubbling.
It had been this way about 40 hours I'd guess. My gut feeling is that since it's still bubbling now (maybe 6 bubbles a minute) that it'll be OK. It was still producing CO2 and nothing will have gotten in. But i can't help but think I've screwed it up by being careless. Whaddya think?
Today I was checking the beer and noticed that the vodka looked a bit low in the airlock, so I poured a bit more in. To my surprise, it started bubbling again. No, I didn't so much as jiggle the carboy. I got out a spare airlock and filled it about as high as the one on the carboy had looked, and dangit but it wasn't high enough...the slots were exposed at the tops. That's why it had quit bubbling.
It had been this way about 40 hours I'd guess. My gut feeling is that since it's still bubbling now (maybe 6 bubbles a minute) that it'll be OK. It was still producing CO2 and nothing will have gotten in. But i can't help but think I've screwed it up by being careless. Whaddya think?