First timer from Wales

[Wolfspark]

Hi all. I'm a complete newbie to homebrew but was bought a kit for my birthday and am now nervously waiting for some signs of fermentation from the brew I started last night.
Something tells me I may need some advice along the way!

 

[The Baron]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Clint]

You'll be fine! Patience is your friend...kit instructions can be a bit on the ambitious side. Give your brew a good two weeks fermentation time...NO fiddling with it!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Hello and welcome and happy brewing

 

[Leon103]

Welcome. What part of Wales butt

 

[Andyroo Brew]

Welcome fellow Welshie. Happy brewing!

 

[DavidDetroit]

waiting for some signs of fermentation from the brew

We've all been there. All I can say is that it's hard not to make beer. Good luck!

 

[Baldylocks Brewery]

Hi all. I'm a complete newbie to homebrew but was bought a kit for my birthday and am now nervously waiting for some signs of fermentation from the brew I started last night.
Something tells me I may need some advice along the way!

Hi Wolfy
Welcome to the forum, which kit did you get?

 

[GazzaW57]

Hiya Wolfspark, just give it a bit of time and as someone has already said, the instructions can sometimes be a tad optimistic. I’m sure it’ll start fermenting soon.
What part of Wales are you from? I’m in the Rhondda.

 

[Wolfspark]

Thanks for the welcome!
I live near Knighton in Powys. The kit I'm currently trying to brew is a Muntons American style IPA. I watched a few videos in advance and I think I've followed the instructions exactly. I pitched the yeast at 22c, let it cool down and have kept it at a fairly constant 19c. I started it about 36hrs ago but I'm still waiting for some bubbles in the airlock.

 

[GazzaW57]

This may seem like a daft question, but have you snapped the lid around the top of the fermenting bin to ensure no air escapes, other than through the airlock?

I only ask, as I made that mistake. I was waiting for the airlock to bubble, only to realise that I hadn’t secured the lid properly and the beer was fermenting away nicely anyway. (-:

Thanks for the welcome!
I live near Knighton in Powys. The kit I'm currently trying to brew is a Muntons American style IPA. I watched a few videos in advance and I think I've followed the instructions exactly. I pitched the yeast at 22c, let it cool down and have kept it at a fairly constant 19c. I started it about 36hrs ago but I'm still waiting for some bubbles in the airlock.

 

[Wolfspark]

The lid seems pretty airtight. If I push down gently on it the water in the airlock rises which would indicate that. I checked it a few minutes ago and although there's still a lack of airlock activity I can see that there is a frothy head forming which wasn't there yesterday

 

[GazzaW57]

If there‘s froth, then there’s fermentation! (-:

 

[Wolfspark]

If there‘s froth, then there’s fermentation! (-:

That's what I was hoping

 

[starseeker]

I would not pay to much attention to the airlock ,its the frothy head that gives the game away :)

 

[Fazzer]

Welcome to the forum, from another Welshie.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

give it another 24hrs and it’ll be blowing the airlock out of the lid

 

[Wolfspark]

Well it's definitely fermenting
I did my first hydrometer reading this morning and it's dropped from 1.045 to 1.022 despite not seeing a single bubble from the airlock in 6 days.
Whilst I had the lid up I sprinkled on the hop pellets that were with the kit. I went to check on it an hour later and I finally have bubbles coming thick and fast out of the airlock.
Happy days!