Stopped bubbling after 5 Days

[danmac]

Brewed my first beer on Monday mangrove jack's American pale ale and Saturday morning I can't see it bubbling anymore. Is it fermented or is something wrong

 

[chopps]

Might be finished. Might not.
Did you take a gravity reading when you started it off? And what is it today, tomorrow and the day after?

 

[danmac]

Might be finished. Might not.
Did you take a gravity reading when you started it off? And what is it today, tomorrow and the day after?

No I stupidly forgot

 

[Pavros]

Just because it has stopped bubbling doesn't mean it has finished. I never use an airlock for beer as I use plastic fermenters and they are never fully airtight.

I usually leave mine in the fv for 2 weeks minimum (3 for Youngs American kits which are notoriously slow). This means that even if it is finished in a week, it lets the yeast clean up any weird smells etc and the beer starts to clear.

I always go by hydrometer readings to check if a beer is ready to bottle. If it is a kit, they usually finish between 1.010 and 1.014. Anything higher usually means that fermentation is stuck or the yeast has stalled as the temperature is too cold.

I would leave your beer for another week then take a reading for 2 consecutive days and go from there.

 

[danmac]

Just because it has stopped bubbling doesn't mean it has finished. I never use an airlock for beer as I use plastic fermenters and they are never fully airtight.

I usually leave mine in the fv for 2 weeks minimum (3 for Youngs American kits which are notoriously slow). This means that even if it is finished in a week, it lets the yeast clean up any weird smells etc and the beer starts to clear.

I always go by hydrometer readings to check if a beer is ready to bottle. If it is a kit, they usually finish between 1.010 and 1.014. Anything higher usually means that fermentation is stuck or the yeast has stalled as the temperature is too cold.

I would leave your beer for another week then take a reading for 2 consecutive days and go from there.

Yeah I'm not in a rush as I'm waiting on more bottles lol

 

[chopps]

Get a hydrometer if you haven't already got one and check the gravity is not still declining.
You won't have all the numbers to work out ABV etc as you didn't check to start with, but if it's stopped going down for a few days then it's 'done'. Even if it's stopped, I'd still leave it a few more days to a week on top before moving on. Like Pavros said, look for 1.010 to 1.014. If it's much higher you might pop back in here to get some more ideas.

 

[danmac]

Get a hydrometer if you haven't already got one and check the gravity is not still declining.
You won't have all the numbers to work out ABV etc as you didn't check to start with, but if it's stopped going down for a few days then it's 'done'. Even if it's stopped, I'd still leave it a few more days to a week on top before moving on. Like Pavros said, look for 1.010 to 1.014. If it's much higher you might pop back in here to get some more ideas.

I'll check it on Monday then Tuesday to see if it's levelled off just been Wilko for a newkie brown kit to start next week lol

 

[Pavros]

Monday and Tuesday will be too soon. Don't be fooled by the optimistic timescale in the instructions. I would take a reading now and then on, say, Wednesday to see how it's going.

I would be looking at readings on Friday /Saturday at the earliest to decide if it's ready to bottle

 

[danmac]

Monday and Tuesday will be too soon. Don't be fooled by the optimistic timescale in the instructions. I would take a reading now and then on, say, Wednesday to see how it's going.

I would be looking at readings on Friday /Saturday at the earliest to decide if it's ready to bottle

Yeah I'm not in a rush I may just leave it another week

 

[MrRook]

No I stupidly forgot

Is this an extract or all-grain batch? If it's extract you can figure out O G pretty close by how much extract and how much water you used.

 

[danmac]

Is this an extract or all-grain batch? If it's extract you can figure out O G pretty close by how much extract and how much water you used.

It's an extract mangrove jack's American pale ale 22 litres I put in