BeerBorg

I' m 24 hours into my IPA brew and this is what my air lock is doing.

It is a 1.4 gallon brew in a 2 gallon bucket. I've never used an airlock before and don't know if this is normal activity or if I should put a blow off tube on before it explodes.

I'm using Notty for the yeast.

You should probably rig a blow-off. But a couple of my batches have overflowed the airlock, and I just cleaned it up.

I'm with John... You should probably rig a blowoff solution...

If your airlock clogs up (and they do!), you could have a mess on your hands...

Notty is pretty aggressive so it could get more active before settling down...

I cleaned the airlock and the fermentation is slowing down. I think I'm going to be fine.

Banjo-guy wrote:I cleaned the airlock and the fermentation is slowing down. I think I'm going to be fine.

was it hard to type that with your fingers crossed?

Yeah, I was nervous that It would blow!
I think this brew is done fermenting already. I read that Nottingham can finish in 4 days . I took a reading about an hour ago and it was 1.010. That's lower than estimated OG. It's been only 5 days.
I'll check again in two days.

I've had it done that quick, I still like to let it run for a while to let the yeasties clean up after themselvs. Nice pron btw!

FrozenInTime wrote:I've had it done that quick, I still like to let it run for a while to let the yeasties clean up after themselvs. Nice pron btw!

Thanks but what is a pron?

I need to be by myself for a little while.

Banjo-guy wrote:I need to be by myself for a little while.