This isn't really a question, but just wanted to report. I boiled up my second batch ever on sunday evening, and it is now bubbling away merrily. I put the 5 gallon batch in a 6 gallon carboy with a 3 piece airlock, and when I got home from work tonight, it was about 4 inches away from the top. Within an hour (having turned up the heat at home, I'd guess) it was near to overflowing. I fitted a tube into the airlock, and set up a blowoff tube. Caught that one within 10 minutes, because when I next checked, the bubbles were flowing through the tube. Replaced the water with sanitizer JIC, and it's still merrily bubbling away.
Here's hoping the cats don't bubbling water tub is a toy.
This is fun, especially in the carboy, being able to see what's going on. Also, this brew is much more active than my first one. My first batch I never saw bubbling, but did find the gravity dropped after a week, so left it for another week, and I guessed it was done. It's in the bottles now.
Over time I'll be experimenting with different recipes and yeast strains. Heard somewhere about brewing with wild yeast, seems interesting...
Here's hoping the cats don't bubbling water tub is a toy.
This is fun, especially in the carboy, being able to see what's going on. Also, this brew is much more active than my first one. My first batch I never saw bubbling, but did find the gravity dropped after a week, so left it for another week, and I guessed it was done. It's in the bottles now.
Over time I'll be experimenting with different recipes and yeast strains. Heard somewhere about brewing with wild yeast, seems interesting...
