Weslhoff2000
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So I have just began my first 5 gallon brew, its a kit called German Oktoberfest, and I basically followed the directions that came with the kit.
Also I've read all the way through the intermediate brewers section of the the Homebrewers Guide (don't worry have a homebrew) to gain a little more knowledge as to what I was doing and why I was doing the steps in the instructions.
One thing that I did that wasn't in the instructions that came with the kit. I read in the intermediate section of the Homebrewers Guide that it was good to rehydrate your dry yeast... Having never done this before I just followed the directions word for word, Boil 1 and a half cups of water for 15 minutes, set aside in a sanitized cup or jar with foil on top till tempurature drops between 105 - 100 degrees F, when temp read 102 I put the yeast in to the cup and recovered it with the foil, rehydrated for 30 min, and lowered the temp to close to that of the wort, which was about 75 degrees F. I took my hydrometer reading it was 1.052, right on target as to what it should be, capped it up, stabbed my airlock in and put it in the climate controlled garage at a stable 50 degrees F.
My problem is that its been 5 days now and my airlock dosn't really bubble at all. I can see that there is air displacing the water, and there is definatley pressure building up under the lid, I pressed down on it once and it shot out one big bubble, but it dosn't seem to want to chug away like i've seen on some videos of peoples primary fermentations.
Can anyone tell me if im on track, and if not where I went wrong?
Also I've read all the way through the intermediate brewers section of the the Homebrewers Guide (don't worry have a homebrew) to gain a little more knowledge as to what I was doing and why I was doing the steps in the instructions.
One thing that I did that wasn't in the instructions that came with the kit. I read in the intermediate section of the Homebrewers Guide that it was good to rehydrate your dry yeast... Having never done this before I just followed the directions word for word, Boil 1 and a half cups of water for 15 minutes, set aside in a sanitized cup or jar with foil on top till tempurature drops between 105 - 100 degrees F, when temp read 102 I put the yeast in to the cup and recovered it with the foil, rehydrated for 30 min, and lowered the temp to close to that of the wort, which was about 75 degrees F. I took my hydrometer reading it was 1.052, right on target as to what it should be, capped it up, stabbed my airlock in and put it in the climate controlled garage at a stable 50 degrees F.
My problem is that its been 5 days now and my airlock dosn't really bubble at all. I can see that there is air displacing the water, and there is definatley pressure building up under the lid, I pressed down on it once and it shot out one big bubble, but it dosn't seem to want to chug away like i've seen on some videos of peoples primary fermentations.
Can anyone tell me if im on track, and if not where I went wrong?