Hello folks,

I have a batch on that started well. For the first four days, the bubler
was going great, but it has already slowed down to one "blub" every 20
seconds.
I was thinking about using a campden tablet to clean it up and then adding
another packet of yeast. Any thoughts or ideas on this?

Thanks,
Denis

Denis Lahaie wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Hello folks,
>
> I have a batch on that started well. For the first four days, the bubler
> was going great, but it has already slowed down to one "blub" every 20
> seconds.
> I was thinking about using a campden tablet to clean it up and then adding
> another packet of yeast. Any thoughts or ideas on this?[/color]

Bad idea...for one, even if you were to add extra yeast, the campden tab
is unneccesary. Second, how do you know it's not done? Bubbles tell
you nothing about the beer. What was the OG? What's the gravity now?
What yeast, and how much did you use? What temp did it ferment at?

----------->Denny

--
Life begins at 60 - 1.060, that is.

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patience brew-hopper....
"Denis Lahaie" <lahaiedenis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:CgW1d.5355$lb5.694177@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=blue]
> Hello folks,
>
> I have a batch on that started well. For the first four days, the bubler
> was going great, but it has already slowed down to one "blub" every 20
> seconds.
> I was thinking about using a campden tablet to clean it up and then adding
> another packet of yeast. Any thoughts or ideas on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Denis
>
>[/color]

can you give us your starting gravity and the style you are making?

-barley


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 07:05:22 -0400, "Denis Lahaie"
<lahaiedenis@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hello folks,
>
>I have a batch on that started well. For the first four days, the bubler
>was going great, but it has already slowed down to one "blub" every 20
>seconds.
>I was thinking about using a campden tablet to clean it up and then adding
>another packet of yeast. Any thoughts or ideas on this?
>
>Thanks,
>Denis
>[/color]

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These guys are right. Depending on what type of yeast you used, it
might just be finished. Yeast will ferment faster at a higher
temperature, also, ale yeast does its thing faster than lager,
moreover, the more sugars in the mash, the longer it will ferment.
With that said, if you're doing an ale, don't have a controlled
temperature on your fermenter so it's room temperature, and maybe you
did not get a good extraction rate from the grain, it can ferment in
3-5 days. You'll just end up with something as strong as Coors light
or Bud light, which you probably don't want...

Carl


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 07:05:22 -0400, "Denis Lahaie"
<lahaiedenis@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hello folks,
>
>I have a batch on that started well. For the first four days, the bubler
>was going great, but it has already slowed down to one "blub" every 20
>seconds.
>I was thinking about using a campden tablet to clean it up and then adding
>another packet of yeast. Any thoughts or ideas on this?
>
>Thanks,
>Denis
>[/color]