10 hours and no bubbling?

[NativeSun]

I see you're brewing in a bucket. Those are notorious for having bad seals. You're probably fermenting just fine, but the CO2 is leaking around the edge of the bucket, and not going out the airlock.

I took the airlock out as I have done in the past and wanted to get a picture of what's going on in there. Still no krausen forming yet.

I have a glass carboy for my secondary fermentation but lack of space stops me from having 2 :-(

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[stonecutter2]

You look like you have a lot of liquid in your bubbler airlock, and something is trying to happen because the liquid out on your fermenter side is lower than on the output side. Try taking some liquid out so the gas doesn't have to work as hard to "bubble." Could be that your fermentation just doesn't have enough "oompf" to push the liquid and bubble...and the pressure builds until it finds other ways out (like leaks).

Or just leave it alone and let the yeast do its thing. Check it in a week or so.

 

[NativeSun]

Day 5 of fermentation and its bubbling every so often. The circular motion really helped with the aspect, but I have yet to see a krausen. Is it ok to switch to the secondary without having one form?

 

[Newsman]

There is no need to secondary unless you are going to rack your beer onto something like fruit or other additives. If you aren't going to do anything like that, then just let it sit until the gravity stays the same for three consecutive days and then let it sit another week to clean up.

 

[NativeSun]

There is no need to secondary unless you are going to rack your beer onto something like fruit or other additives. If you aren't going to do anything like that, then just let it sit until the gravity stays the same for three consecutive days and then let it sit another week to clean up.

Ill be racking the wort on Korintje cinnamon sticks. Not sure how many I'll need since I never did this recipe before. I'm thinking 3-5 sticks in a muslin bag so it doesn't sink to the bottom and get cover by the second yeast cake that forms.

 

[Newsman]

Ill be racking the wort on Korintje cinnamon sticks. Not sure how many I'll need since I never did this recipe before. I'm thinking 3-5 sticks in a muslin bag so it doesn't sink to the bottom and get cover by the second yeast cake that forms.

OK. I'd still wait until it's closer to finished. When I did my vanilla stout I waited a couple weeks before racking onto the vanilla beans. Heck, you *could* dump your cinnamon sticks directly into the primary!

 

[NativeSun]

This turned out great. Just barely off the project gravity readings.

SG 1.060 Mine 1.057
FG 1.018 Mine 1.017

5.3 % ABV. The aroma was fantastic as I was bottling and the taste was great. Had the cinnamon sticks suspended instead of on the bottom where the yeast cake may have covered it.





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