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Hey guys

Just a quick question for ya

Im doing 2 batches this week ,beer and Ale

Ive noticed with the lager that its fermenting alot faster than the Ale (just started the this batch 2 days ago )

Lager = Loads a bubbles from Airlock
Ale = very few if any

both were started the same time

has anybody any idea is this normal ,dont know as havent made Ale before


cheers
mark

What recipe are you using? Is it a kit?

Also what temperatures are you fermenting at?

Hopefully then I can help...

"Mc Cleverty":12ed72wc wrote: Lager = Loads a bubbles from Airlock
Ale = very few if any [/quote:12ed72wc]While bubbles mean that fermentation is happening, no bubbles doesn't mean fermentation isn't happening. It could be the lid isn't completely sealed on the ale bucket, which is fine. Take a gravity reading after a week and see how it's going then.

This is a tricky one, what you need to do is go up a very tall building with both fermenters. Before starting take a weight reading of both fermenters while atop the building, this is your original gravity. Subtract the weight of any foam obviously.

Firstly lob the ale fermenters off the building, and time its fall, from throw until impact, this is your terminal gravity. Do the same for the lager fermenter. Multiply the original gravity by the terminal gravity and divide the result by 6.44 for lager and 7.11 for the ale. This will tell you which is faster.

He's got away from his state-appointed carer again.

"Poc":ol4whtjz wrote: This is a tricky one, what you need to do is go up a very tall building with both fermenters. Before starting take a weight reading of both fermenters while atop the building, this is your original gravity. Subtract the weight of any foam obviously.

Firstly lob the ale fermenters off the building, and time its fall, from throw until impact, this is your terminal gravity. Do the same for the lager fermenter. Multiply the original gravity by the terminal gravity and divide the result by 6.44 for lager and 7.11 for the ale. This will tell you which is faster.[/quote:ol4whtjz]
No no no thats the old fashioned way of doing it like Gallileo did. Nowadays it's all down to string theory; the speed of the fermenter is proportional to the inverse log (base e) of the length of the string.
Seriously man, where have you been for the last decades?