My airlock hasn’t bubbled after a week and I’m worried my beer is not fermenting. It’s a farmhouse recipe I’m trying for the first time. After cooling, I had first transferred into a glass carboy and pitched my yeast; but I quickly realized that my carboy was almost full so transferred the beer over to a plastic bucket. Not sure if that transfer could have been bad since the yeast had just been pitched. I attached a photo of what the beer currently looks like. Curious if the photo is enough to know if the beer fermented or not. Thanks in advance.
Is my beer fermenting?
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McKnuckle
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You have krausen and yeast rafts on top. Yes, it fermented and/or is still fermenting. Close it up!
You can't trust airlocks on buckets. Buckets leak readily from the lid, and without a seal the airlock won't show any action.
You can't trust airlocks on buckets. Buckets leak readily from the lid, and without a seal the airlock won't show any action.
Always take gravity readings. One when you rack to your primary and then take one after 5 days or so. If it drops you've had fermentation. Much more reliable.
Surly
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So tell us. What happened? Are you happily drinking your beer?
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