No more bubbling after 24hours???

[noobster101]

Ok I just brewed an ALE and after 1 day of crazy fermentation it just stop and then nada... No more bubbling on the airlock. I use 1 packet of 15g (5 gal recipe) coopers ale yeast and temperature kept @ 74-78 for fermentation. This an extract brew btw. I'm planning to wait for 4 days before racking it to another bucket then adding some mmore wort. Any advice?

 

[KAMMEE]

Why are you going to add more wort? Typically you make the full 5 gallon batch, then ferment it until you need to rack to a secondary or bottle. I have had several brews that stopped bubbling after a day, some of the dry yeast is very quick to finish. If you're worried that you have a stuck fermentation you can take your hydrometer readings three days apart and if it doesn't move, then you can bottle.

 

[MikeG]

Ok I just brewed an ALE and after 1 day of crazy fermentation it just stop and then nada... No more bubbling on the airlock. I use 1 packet of 15g (5 gal recipe) coopers ale yeast and temperature kept @ 74-78 for fermentation. This an extract brew btw. I'm planning to wait for 4 days before racking it to another bucket then adding some mmore wort. Any advice?

Don't add more wort.
Take a gravity reading, it's the only way to know if it's "done" fermenting.
Ferment at < 70F, 74-78 will produce esters which you probably aren't expecting and probably won't ike for your style.

 

[noobster101]

Thanks man! Just checked the gravity and it's 20 now from 45 so at least 62% in a day. I'll give it a week before taking a reading again. I'm gonna brew next month a porter and a stout, now this time steeping some grains then off to all grain.

 

[02fx4dude]

Why are you going to add more wort? Typically you make the full 5 gallon batch, then ferment it until you need to rack to a secondary or bottle. I have had several brews that stopped bubbling after a day, some of the dry yeast is very quick to finish. If you're worried that you have a stuck fermentation you can take your hydrometer readings three days apart and if it doesn't move, then you can bottle.

Forgive the newb questioin, but if fermentation is stuck then wouldn't the hydrometer readings stay the same even though fermentation hasn't completed?

 

[JetSmooth]

Forgive the newb questioin, but if fermentation is stuck then wouldn't the hydrometer readings stay the same even though fermentation hasn't completed?

True, but you'd know where it got stuck. If it's at 1.01ish, then it's probably fully fermented. If it's 1.025ish, there may be ways of rousing or repitching to get a little more yeast activity.

Of course, there could also be a lot of unfermentables, which would cause a wort to stop higher.

Bottom line is you can't start evaluating based on "I don't see any bubbles". A hydrometer is one more piece of data to use.

 

[WickedLB]

Ok I just brewed an ALE and after 1 day of crazy fermentation it just stop and then nada... No more bubbling on the airlock. I use 1 packet of 15g (5 gal recipe) coopers ale yeast and temperature kept @ 74-78 for fermentation. This an extract brew btw. I'm planning to wait for 4 days before racking it to another bucket then adding some mmore wort. Any advice?

+1 on waiting another week and taking another gravity reading. What are you brewing?

I also agree with MikeG that 74-78 is a touch warm for most ales. It will cause very fast fementation but may also lead to some off flavors that the yeast have a hard time cleaning up. IMO I would invest in temperature control before rushing to all grain.

 

[noobster101]

On the coopers ale yeast, the website says(austinhomebrew)
"Ideal Fermentation Temperature: 68-80 F (20-27 C)" so I just follow it. What's the cheapest temperature control stuff? My wife wont let me store the buckets in the fridge

It's Cincinnati Pale Ale in the fermenter. Everything's spot on. hopefully next week it will achieve it's targeted FG 1011. If not, I'll be screwed because it takes 7 freaken days(FREE delivery) if I order another yeast to re-pitch. Thanks guys!:rockin:

 

[TheMan]

You will not need to repitch...you got your panties in a twist over nothing right now. Sometimes it reaches final gravity in a day, sometimes in a week or two. Regardless, go buy yourself some beer and relax. Your beer is going to turn out great and you'll realize you worried over nothing.

P.S. Stop counting bubbles!!! I know when I started I counted bubbles as well, but since then I've realize how dumb that is. I just pitch and wait two weeks, I check it and see where it's at and then let it sit another week or two. I've had zero fermentation issues.

 

[02fx4dude]

True, but you'd know where it got stuck. If it's at 1.01ish, then it's probably fully fermented. If it's 1.025ish, there may be ways of rousing or repitching to get a little more yeast activity.

Of course, there could also be a lot of unfermentables, which would cause a wort to stop higher.

Bottom line is you can't start evaluating based on "I don't see any bubbles". A hydrometer is one more piece of data to use.

Ah, I see. You're trying to find how far off from expected FG it is. Makes sense.

Thanks

 

[noobster101]

Thanks guys! I'll lay off the caffeine