grasseriver
Active Member
I recently purchased one of the True Brew IPA kits (as noted in my sig below) and brewed away this past Friday night. I made the mistake of not taking the Original Gravity reading.
Saturday night: checked the brew. Fermenting away.
Sunday afternoon, I checked it again and saw that the airlock was quiet. I luckily had homebrewtalk.com to help me figure out that I shouldn't equate bubbly airlock with fermenting. Figuring it was still fermenting, I didn't worry.
Today I went and bought a wine thief so I could get a sample out of the carboy without tipping it over, and took a reading -- 1.015. The problem here is that this should be the final gravity, not the original gravity -- and I'm comfortably sure I did everything right when it came to brewing this beer.
I did give the carboy a little shake after this reading, and the airlock started up again -- which at least gives me the impression it's still fermenting. So I know it's not done with the process yet.
Having done more reading, I'm wondering if it's possible that I bought a kit with older yeast, which could be the problem? Should I just test the gravity again tomorrow, or in a couple of days? Should I plan to introduce more yeast to the brew?
Saturday night: checked the brew. Fermenting away.
Sunday afternoon, I checked it again and saw that the airlock was quiet. I luckily had homebrewtalk.com to help me figure out that I shouldn't equate bubbly airlock with fermenting. Figuring it was still fermenting, I didn't worry.
Today I went and bought a wine thief so I could get a sample out of the carboy without tipping it over, and took a reading -- 1.015. The problem here is that this should be the final gravity, not the original gravity -- and I'm comfortably sure I did everything right when it came to brewing this beer.
I did give the carboy a little shake after this reading, and the airlock started up again -- which at least gives me the impression it's still fermenting. So I know it's not done with the process yet.
Having done more reading, I'm wondering if it's possible that I bought a kit with older yeast, which could be the problem? Should I just test the gravity again tomorrow, or in a couple of days? Should I plan to introduce more yeast to the brew?