Luc_Ireland
New Member
So last night I had a go at brewing my first beer. Yes, it was a kit and not even a particulary good one from what I've read (Hambleton bard - lager).
Temperature was a couple of degrees higher than the instructions had suggested when I pitched the yeast but I figured it would cool to the correct heat quite quickly once I put it in the basement - which it did.
I woke this morning to the beautiful sound of my airlock bubbling away and my temperature dead in the middle of the selected range. So all good!
However, I've come home this evening (almost exactly 24 since pitching) and there are no bubbles coming from my fv at all. Looks completely inactive. Again the temperature is within the suggested range but close to the higher end.
Have I screwed the brew somehow? What should I do next? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
There is also a chemically kind of smell off it but I figure that might just be the smell of the Sanatizer on the outside of the fv.
Temperature was a couple of degrees higher than the instructions had suggested when I pitched the yeast but I figured it would cool to the correct heat quite quickly once I put it in the basement - which it did.
I woke this morning to the beautiful sound of my airlock bubbling away and my temperature dead in the middle of the selected range. So all good!
However, I've come home this evening (almost exactly 24 since pitching) and there are no bubbles coming from my fv at all. Looks completely inactive. Again the temperature is within the suggested range but close to the higher end.
Have I screwed the brew somehow? What should I do next? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
There is also a chemically kind of smell off it but I figure that might just be the smell of the Sanatizer on the outside of the fv.