by Chocko6969 » Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:34 pm
Hi fellas and however you identify, I'm on my 4th gen of this and loving what I'm getting out of it so far, I just have a question on the speed of the ferment.
OP says 3-4 days, but mine have been probably 5 days gen 1 and getting progressively longer. The ferment itself appears to bolt along nicely but just drags out, gen 4 will be 7 days tomorrow? Temp has been good, never under about 22c, SG is showing about .995 and airlock is pushing a bubble about every 8 seconds.
Is it possible I've not been taking enough grains after siphoning and/or replacing with too many, grain bed looks to be about 7ltrs (standard 30ltr fermenter). As I said the yeast seems to be healthy and doing it's job just fine. I'm getting expected yields but my last wash was a bit cloudier than usual, maybe I'm just moving too quick and it's just the way it is. Original grains and replacements to date are 50% cracked maize, 25% wheat and 25% malted barley. pH has been good from day one, between about 3.9 - 4.4
Any thoughts appreciated.
Cheers,
Chocko