Hi All,
I’m new to home brewing and had a question on the fermentation differences for different beers. I made an IPA recipe two fridays ago and it’s been 10 days and there was still good bubbling up until today indicating a good fermentation. My dilemma is that I made Kolsch recipe this last friday and it was fermenting and bubbling well but today it’s already stopped completely. Is there something wrong that the Kolsch stopped fermenting so fast and much sooner than the IPA? The weather has been warm and both primaries were at around 70F, but I read online that most Kolsch recipes say to do it cooler around 60-64. Not sure if that will affect or speed up the fermentation. Do I need to worry that anything is wrong with the Kolsch? I’m not sure but I don’t think you should be opening the lid during primary fermentation so I will just let it sit for now until racking next weekend. It just seems strange that after 3 days it has already stopped.
Thanks,
Phil