No Bubbles

[kelbygreen]

its def fermenting. It is impossible to determine if your fermenter is leaking and I be all have a small one some people never get the air lock to bubble at all. The airlock is just a devise that lets out c02 while keeping the bugs out of the fermenter. Alot of us on here just put clingwrap over the top and secure it with the lid oring you can watch your brew threw it and it will let out c02 and keep bugs out. never go by the airlock when fermentation slows it might not bubble at all so always use a hydrometer. For ales ferment at 18-20c and for lagers ferment at 10-14c but see the yeast pack for recommended temps (except kit yeast as they think 26c is fine and its not 22 is prob max id go).

Ales I ferment for min of 8 days before hydrometer sample is taken and 12 days for a lager. Then ales spend 3-10 days at .5c to clear out and lagers 2-5 weeks at .5c to clear out. You will find if you treat your beers better they will treat you better, No real benefit to pump them out hard and fast just relax and injoy your labour

 

[TmC]

Does it smell good? I wouldn't be too worried if its bitter so early on.

 

[barabool]

Chuck? Fork? Don't understand, remember its my first batch...

Lol. Sorry

Chuck - slang To throw - 'Chuck me a ball'
Fork - Quote from a film/book - 'Stick a fork in me - I'm done'
Using the analogy of cooking a roast and checking its doneness.

Cheers

 

[kelbygreen]

its a lager it will have off taste and smell. If I was you ramp it up to 20c now to let the yeast finish and clean up after them selfs it may be to late but you may of done it when you ramped the temp up before. you do this on the last few points. so if expected gravity is 1010 do it at about 1013 or around about. A true lager for your first beer is jumping in the deep end so good luck it should be good, sounds like you done some things right. I fermented at 32c for my first 2 brews they tasted like nail polish remover mixed with vomit was great! lol

Leave them in the bottle at least 6 weeks in a cool dark place cool being under 20c if you can, try one at 6 weeks and then if you can hold every week after till its good. leave a few for 3-6 months try then to see the difference

 

[manticle]

Dont leave it anymore

Why not?

 

[Zipster]

Why not?

Manticle I think I know you. Do you know a chap called Tex by any chance.

I have bottled the contens today, the reading was still 1010 so done that. I drunk one bottle already just for the fun of it, it goes down nice when its cold.

6 weeks seems like an eternity... I will open a bottle in 2 weeks to see how it goes.

Thanks eveyone for the help.

z:/

 

[TmC]

If it tastes ok straight out of the fermenter your going to have a pretty decent beer in 2 weeks. Mine was pretty bad out of the fermenter but was drinkable at 3 weeks.

 

[Zipster]

oh.. that's good news! ... but actually at 34 bucks for the can it better be good i'm tellen ya..

 

[TmC]

34 bucks! Wow big spender I just spent 30 on a toucan stout but thats the most i've spent, usually $10 for a kit, $5 for either malt or booster and $2 for hops/grain. Bulk buy hops is the way to go though.

 

[Zipster]

my mates reckon that the $10 lager home brand can works.. will see

 

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It should be pretty good after two weeks, the extra 4 wont make that much difference (it will improve gradually).

But this is why you need to put another brew down on the weekend, the waits not so bad once there's homebrew in the fridge :drinks:

Manticle I think I know you. Do you know a chap called Tex by any chance.

I have bottled the contens today, the reading was still 1010 so done that. I drunk one bottle already just for the fun of it, it goes down nice when its cold.

6 weeks seems like an eternity... I will open a bottle in 2 weeks to see how it goes.

Thanks eveyone for the help.

z:/

 

[TmC]

But this is why you need to put another brew down on the weekend, the waits not so bad once there's homebrew in the fridge :drinks:

Couldn't agree more than this, A good thing is to get a second fermenter, then you'll start a little production line and get a good stockpile going :icon_chickcheers: