Hey folks, I'm new, obviously. Me and my buddy started brewing our first batch a few days ago. Clearly we were the smart guys that didn't start until 9am, needless to say I was up until the sun came up.
That was prooooobably because we decided to make our first batch of beer an all-grain clone of Bell's Two Hearted.
Okay so I read few a few articles on primary fermentation, and some of the threads here. We didn't take an initial gravity reading, but I heard that it's time to move to the secondary fermenter (we're dry hopping) when the CO2 bubbles come up every 90 seconds or so. Question 1: has anyone used this method and does it work?
Its currently day 3 of primary (we're fermenting in a 6 gal plastic bucket, true brew starter style). Yesterday the blub-blubs were coming up ever 5-6 seconds or so, today it's already dropped to every 60-70 seconds. I guess I'm curious if this is normal! Since its my first brew and I obviously did something wrong technique wise (obviously sterilized everything, followed temp directions as best as we could) I'd like to know a bit of what to expect, since most folks are saying that it takes a week..can it take less?
Any comments are appreciated, and hi.
That was prooooobably because we decided to make our first batch of beer an all-grain clone of Bell's Two Hearted.
Okay so I read few a few articles on primary fermentation, and some of the threads here. We didn't take an initial gravity reading, but I heard that it's time to move to the secondary fermenter (we're dry hopping) when the CO2 bubbles come up every 90 seconds or so. Question 1: has anyone used this method and does it work?
Its currently day 3 of primary (we're fermenting in a 6 gal plastic bucket, true brew starter style). Yesterday the blub-blubs were coming up ever 5-6 seconds or so, today it's already dropped to every 60-70 seconds. I guess I'm curious if this is normal! Since its my first brew and I obviously did something wrong technique wise (obviously sterilized everything, followed temp directions as best as we could) I'd like to know a bit of what to expect, since most folks are saying that it takes a week..can it take less?
Any comments are appreciated, and hi.