It's exciting because it's just started. So it's like getting a chance to be one of the first to get craft beer going. My good friend open a brewery near my town at about 10 million dollars. Put everything in it. And he's still growing.
However, homebrewing is still illegal so you have to tread lightly.
that's staggering that homebrewing is illegal in Japan,i was there in 84 and all their beer was same old same old I think it was Suntory and no matter if you had a light colored or dark colored Suntory it had the very same taste :lol:
Trying to work something out here, I brewed a beer on Thursday and pitched lager yeast into the FF but there is no action on the airlock. No bubbling at all, but shining a torch on the FF it looks like there is krousen on the bottom, which would suggest fermentation.
The lid is on tight and even if it's not airtight, there would still be CO2 coming through the bubbler. I'm quite confused about this.
And you won't get airlock action no matter how you try as they ain't air tight,I even purchased and added another O ring on top of the flat one in the cap to no avail...all in my review of them
If memory serves I think Flash another forum member also has one and also commented that you can't get airlock activity,so the best of luck with that thenI'm not too bothered about that. It's closed enough and there should be airlock activity.
After a bit more research I think it hasn't started fermentation yet. Using this yeast at this temperature, apparently it can lead to a 3 day delay. I'll wait until tomorrow to see what happens.
So I put my first batch in the conical last night and pitched this morning. This evening, there is a steady stream of bubbles coming up and breaking on the surface of the wort ( it looks like the ferment is starting either in the ball at the bottom or at the bottom of the cone).
So far, it seems pretty nice however I do have a bit of confusion. There is no airlock activity at all, but the top is screwed on tight ( and the gasket is in there). Has anyone else started fermenting in it and have you had any issues getting the top to seal up? Given the stream of bubbles, the gas is getting out somewhere and around the top is pretty much the only other option.
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Did you seal the threads on top with teflon tape ?
Sure enough that was the problem. I put one of the rolls of tape on it and now it Is bubbling away like mad.
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