Confused

[Luvabeer]

I posted a thread yesterday asking for advice as to how long I should leave fermented beer in fb. Because the airlock had been silent for two days. Got up this morning and the airlock as started bubbling away again?

 

[Leon103]

Airlock are temperamental. Leave for two weeks and then take a reading

 

[divrack]

I posted a thread yesterday asking for advice as to how long I should leave fermented beer in fb. Because the airlock had been silent for two days. Got up this morning and the airlock as started bubbling away again?

Unless you have a decent stainless or glass vessel airlocks are mostly decorative and mean nothing.

 

[Luvabeer]

Cheers lads
Am going to leave it like leon said

 

[yeastinfection]

Could be affect by temp or a poor seal.or both. Leave it be.

 

[matt76]

1. As other wiser folks have already said, leave it alone

2. I wonder if one could "help" an imperfect lid seal on an FV by running some sellotape round the rim, or even cling film???

3. I did my first two brews in a big (6USGal) FV I got with a kit - both times the airlock went like the clappers for the first 48 hrs then literally not a sausage! Persuaded by the wise sages here, I left AG#1 alone for 3 weeks, bottled it yesterday and it was perfect :)

4. For AG#2 I had bought a new smaller 15L FV & airlock. Apart from more hops it's the same recipe & yeast as AG#1, but even 1 week after pitching it's still bubbling away now and then - for whatever reason I guess the new FV just seals better.

5. Speaking as a newbie myself, it *is* really confusing! It's really hard to believe this amazing bio-chemical process is progressing normally when there's no apparent sign of activity - and that's the value of the voice of experience you can find here :)