Ok, Since Wine expert discontinued the Baron's kits (I got George's last one), I decided to try my first Brewer's Best kit (Irish Stout). Things were going great except it got cold in my basement, it is winter, and the air temp. dropped to about 60. This was day 2 just as the fermentation started up. So I put on my brewers belt and fermentation proceeded well.
I had to go out of town. Things warmed up while I was out of town. When I returned the temp on the my stick-on thermometer read 76 F. This was exactly one week after starting the kit. There was still positive pressure in the sealed primary but it wasn't bubbling.
Next evening I racked to secondary. As this was my first five gallon kit, I trusted the five gallon mark on the side of my primary. Well, that was a little short. The rack only got to the shoulder of the 5 gallon carboy.
Now, their seems to be NO activity in the carboy. No positive pressure, no active bubbling plus all this head space. It's only been a day. I'm thinking I should prime it and bottle it. I'll let it cure in the bottle. My big question is should I be concerned about the lack of activity and should I bottle it right away?
Thanks in advance,
DrtDoctor
I had to go out of town. Things warmed up while I was out of town. When I returned the temp on the my stick-on thermometer read 76 F. This was exactly one week after starting the kit. There was still positive pressure in the sealed primary but it wasn't bubbling.
Next evening I racked to secondary. As this was my first five gallon kit, I trusted the five gallon mark on the side of my primary. Well, that was a little short. The rack only got to the shoulder of the 5 gallon carboy.
Now, their seems to be NO activity in the carboy. No positive pressure, no active bubbling plus all this head space. It's only been a day. I'm thinking I should prime it and bottle it. I'll let it cure in the bottle. My big question is should I be concerned about the lack of activity and should I bottle it right away?
Thanks in advance,
DrtDoctor