tacks
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Hi again all, I put my first batch of beer into primary on New Years eve, and have been checking on it every other day or so, and it has been bubbling away through the airlock up until today. I know that what I probably need to do at this point is take a hydrometer reading, but it seems a bit premature since it's only been fermenting for 5 days now. I am wondering if the issue is the temperature - I've done some reading up on other threads to get more info, but my fermenter is on the concrete slab in my basement, and the thermometer on the side of the bucket is at 59F/15C. Do I need to get this temp up? I'm wondering if that's why I'm not seeing any bubbles (sat and watched the airlock for 2 or 3 minutes, it didn't move a bit) or if I'm just being paranoid since this is my first batch and it's done fermenting. Thanks everyone!