This is my first attempt and I have got myself quite confused. I started it on Thursday afternoon and I was getting worried by the lack of activity. After checking this site, I saw that I needed to wait longer than four hours for bubbles and went away. I gave it a stir before bed and then left it.
Yesterday morning, it was bubbling every few seconds. I was happy, proud and a little worried about the smell of yeast, honey and lemon being overpowering. By the evening, it was bubbling every second or maybe a little faster. You could hear it fizzing like a freshly-poured Coke, it was so active.
This morning, there's nothing. I stirred it (I was told that air is good for the first few days) and topped up the airlock (the water level had dropped a bit) and left it.
Opening the lid, I can see it fizzing a little, but nothing like what there was last night. It's not even bubbling through the airlock; even though the water has been pushed almost far enough, it's stopped right on the edge of bubbling. I think maybe that was only because I shook it slightly as I opened the lid and the gas was escaping.
Recipe:
Yesterday morning, it was bubbling every few seconds. I was happy, proud and a little worried about the smell of yeast, honey and lemon being overpowering. By the evening, it was bubbling every second or maybe a little faster. You could hear it fizzing like a freshly-poured Coke, it was so active.
This morning, there's nothing. I stirred it (I was told that air is good for the first few days) and topped up the airlock (the water level had dropped a bit) and left it.
Opening the lid, I can see it fizzing a little, but nothing like what there was last night. It's not even bubbling through the airlock; even though the water has been pushed almost far enough, it's stopped right on the edge of bubbling. I think maybe that was only because I shook it slightly as I opened the lid and the gas was escaping.
Recipe:
- 15lbs of honey (cheap honey)
- Enough water to top up to 4 gallons
- Four lemons (juiced and zested into must, then remaining husk boiled in must and added to fermenter)
- Two big handfuls of raisins (recipe said 96, I didn't count them)
- Five tsp "Young's Super Wine Yeast Compound" (by mistake)
- Four tsp yeast nutrient (didn't realise the yeast had added nutrients until just now)
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