Not seeing any fermentation 5 days after brewing, should I be worried?

purplemonkeydishwshr · 3 months

Take a gravity reading

mrrocketphat · 3 months

my friend, quick advice: go get a packet of Fermentis Safale US-05. It is dry yeast and it is cheap, very similar to wyeast 1056 (I'm assuming) Pitch it directly into the fermenter and agitate it. Your fermentation should kick off in a few hours. My guess, as was my experience, was shocking the yeast due to temps that were too hot or cold. Let me know if it works.

nicksws6 · 3 months

Can you see through the plastic for a layer of dark junk on top of where the beer line was? Or you can take a quick peek for the layer. My first 3 batches I never saw any action in my bubbler but there was the krausen layer on top and the beer came out just perfect. If you push down on the lid does the water in the bubbler move, if not you have a bad seal which wouldn't bubble.

farox · 3 months

I had the same problem with my first batch. Somewhere on the net read that you can try shaking the container somewhat, I did and it started bubbling within hours.

queuetue · 3 months

Airlock activity is poor indicator of fermentation. You need to do specific gravity measurements, or your only viable fermentation metric is pure hope.

(Many homebrewers are perfectly happy running on pure hope, btw. I'm not one of them.)

MaybeOnAGoodDay · 3 months

You have this ish at the right temp? If it doesn't work out I'm sure there is somebody you know who will beer-bong it.

you'll need to login or register to do that

create a new account

login