Death to my first brew?

[cbzdel]

Just sharing my excitment more than anything else, took a flashlight to the bucket and there is about 1" to 2" of krausen in there now.

The airlock quit bubbling, after less than 24 hours but as I keep reading, dont trust the air lock in plastic pails...

So when should I take the next gravity reading?

 

[gcdowd]

Just sharing my excitment more than anything else, took a flashlight to the bucket and there is about 1" to 2" of krausen in there now.

The airlock quit bubbling, after less than 24 hours but as I keep reading, dont trust the air lock in plastic pails...

So when should I take the next gravity reading?

2 weeks.

 

[cbzdel]

easy enough

 

[speeddemon190]

exciting isnt it!!!! I just bottled my first 2 batches.

 

[gcdowd]

I'm kinda jealous. There is no feeling quite like the feeling you get when you drink your first homebrew

 

[Soldevi]

Well, there's always the first time that you get totally wasted on your own brew.

 

[SteveM]

I'll add my experience with dry yeast, which I use almost exclusively. There are people who will advise that you should always rehydrate it. I won't say there's anything wrong with doing this, but I will say, based on my experience, it's not necessary. I have never had a problem with simply sprinkling dry yeast on top of the wort.

I want my processes as simple as possible - simple processes are inherently less likely to have process variations (fewer steps = fewer chances to deviate). I'm a kitchen brewer but I've made hundreds of batches (including a prize winner in the one contest I entered) and have been at it for well over a decade, so it's not as if I just got lucky.