Stuck fermentation?

[beer_master]

1 days after vigorous and 2 days of normal fermentation i hav no sign of co2 coming out,foam is almost completely gone, i have no hydrometer to check OG,beer is standing still,.What to do(stuck ferment. maybe)?Should i rack it,or pitch another yeast or just leave it like that.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

I'd leave it for a couple weeks and let it finish. If you had vigorous fermentation in the beginning, it should be good.

Also, go buy a hydrometer. It's one of the most important tools you can buy for this hobby.

 

[purechaos]

i am going through the same thing. i brewed up 12 gallons of oatmeal stout on saturday, sunday there was action.

i made upo a small starter from a yeast slurry from my last stout that i had stored in a ziplock freezer bag. i am beginning to wonder if i didnt pitch enough yeast. although it was likely about 600 ml or so of yeast in my estimate.

last night when i checked it their was no airlock action.
i am brewing in a barrel and pushed my stopper in a little tighter and their is a little action on the airlock.

are you brewing in a bucket? buckets are not air tight so it is probably still moving.

the last batch i brewed up before the stout is a SWMBO slayer blonde, the airlock on that one was goign crazy like gang busters through a blow off for 3 days+

 

[beer_master]

are you brewing in a bucket? buckets are not air tight so it is probably still moving.

I brew in glass cardboy,although i made stopper out of cork it fits better then rubber ones , i made starter out of new Nottingham ale yeast(cca.600ml)

Temp is at optimum range 20-24 Co

EDIT: Could it be issued by over hoping?I used 2,7 gr. hop per 1l of beer

 

[double_e5]

It is probably done. They only way to know though is get a hydrometer.

 

[Runyanka]

Check with your hydrometer two days in a row, if its steady over those two days, its done.

 

[Revvy]

Fermentation is not always "dynamic," just because you don't SEE anything happenning, doesn't mean that anything's wrong, and also doesn't mean that the yeast are still not working dilligantly away, doing what they've been doing for over 4,000 years....

You can't know if your fermentation is "stuck" unless you take a gravity reading.

Airlock bubbling, lack of airlock bubbling, stopped airlock bubbling really is not an indicator of what is happening to your beer. It is NOT a fermentation gauge, it is a valve to release excess pressure, excess CO2...NOT AN ACCURATE INSTRUMENT....

So, get out of the idea of using "airlock bubbling" as a sign of fermentation, you have to realize that airlock activity is not an accurate indication of fermentation...an airlock is a vent for excess co2, nothing more...and half of my beers never bubble.

Read this for why arilock analysing is useless, and what is the only gauge of ferementation...https://www.homebrewtalk.com/1217925-post3.html And there is a link to my blog in there as well....The only way to truly know what is going on in your fermenter is with your hydrometer. Like I said here in my blog, which I encourage you to read, Think evaluation before action you sure as HELL wouldn't want a doctor to start cutting on you unless he used the proper diagnostic instuments like x-rays first, right? You wouldn't want him to just take a look in your eyes briefly and say "I'm cutting into your chest first thing in the morning." You would want them to use the right diagnostic tools before the slice and dice, right? You'd cry malpractice, I would hope, if they didn't say they were sending you for an MRI and other things before going in.....

If you don't have a hydrometer, get one...in the interim, since you have no way to "listen" to your beer, then you have to just give the beer it's time to do it's thing....Don't move it, don't touch it, for at least 14 days.... Then if you choose to rack it to a secondary, figuring that after two weeks, fermentation has finished....If you don't choose to secondary, then leave it for 21 days to a month, and that will insure that your beer is complete, and they yeast have cleaned up all the by products of fermentation.....Your beer will be nice and clear and ready to bottle...

But don't rush your beer...Nothing is wrong...yeasts rarely get stuck or poop out these days....just relax....they know what they are doing.