My friend and I have recently become acquainted with the home brewing process and have jumped in head first. We were brewing our first batch on Friday night and everything was going very well until we were putting the lid on the fermenter and when I was putting the airlock in the little rubber casing deal fell straight through. Realizing the immediate action that had to be taken, we of course freaked a little bit and took the top back off. The rubber deal did not float and was somewhere on the bottom. Our spoon was not long enough to scale the bottom so we had to pour about 2 gallons back into the pot to allow for room to find it. We eventually found it thank God and put it back so we could get the fermenter air tight again.
The issue I have is, we had already pitched the yeast. As of Saturday afternoon she was bubbling hard and looking good but as of today no real bubbles. My question is when we were pouring the brew in and out could that have affected the yeast? I know to not get too worked up about the bubbles but I figuired I would post the question just to help me sleep a little better until I crack this puppy open.
Anybody have experince with this? Should I put some more yeast in?
Thanks for any help.
The issue I have is, we had already pitched the yeast. As of Saturday afternoon she was bubbling hard and looking good but as of today no real bubbles. My question is when we were pouring the brew in and out could that have affected the yeast? I know to not get too worked up about the bubbles but I figuired I would post the question just to help me sleep a little better until I crack this puppy open.
Anybody have experince with this? Should I put some more yeast in?
Thanks for any help.