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fermenting question
Well, my brew has been fermenting for 2 days now, and the bubbles seem to be slowing quite a bit.. they went from about .5-1 second apart to about 3 seconds apart.. the fermenting conditions are exactly what I was instructed to provide.
this normal? Thanks
Yup.
As the yeast eats the sugar it starts to run out of sugar to eat.
After a couple days it'll slow down.
Everything is fine, relax and have a cold brew. 
And remember - always rely on your hydrometer for telling when fermentation is complete - your airlock is not a good measure.
If you get consecutive gravity readings over a 24+ hour time period, then you know fermentation is complete.
I always wait 10 days for primary fermentation. I will check the gravity on day 8 and again on day 10. If the gravity readings are the same, I know I am ready to bottle. Webby is right, the airlock is not a good measure of fermentation. Always trust your hydrometer.
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If nobody is going to bother "searching", there is no point in having the feature.
I'll be adding a more visible search option within a week or so (to coincide with a larger update) - I'll also post a note about doing a search first...
I guess for me it is just so frustrating because so many people on here just post a message without taking 2 minutes and looking for it. I know, for a fact, that this EXACT question has been covered no less than 5 times in the past month. I found 3, and it took me 15 seconds. We have lots of good discussions on fermentation, yeast, temperatures, and so forth, but most of the new users don't even bother, it is so much easier to ask the same question 80 times.
I think many of the users here have done an outstanding job answering questions, I have learned a few things myself. It is such a waste of resources when users here will take out 5-10 minutes to write a nice, detailed answer, but newbies can't take out 15 seconds to look for it, just ask again.
Granted, I understand that some keywords aren't common knowledge, but "fermentation", "airlock", and "yeast" don't require a Ph D to figure out. In addition, when I search, I always stumble across another topic and find small details I never knew about.
I'll search first next time, sorry.
I guess I just have a different mentality when it comes to forums. There are a couple forums (a couple of which are global) where I am the one offering advice, and I love to personally be the one to help a newbie out, even if his question is wildly redundant. Many of the other mods/admins with 15,000 posts gladly answer the most fundamental questions.
I just think there is something to be said about helping out new people, directly, and not sending them to the archives. I thought this was a beer information community, and not a linear compilation of questions and answers? Wouldn't a blog format better suit those needs?
Not trying to start a problem, just think it's worth discussing.
Alex don't worry about your brew everything is going to be fine, all of us have been there. I agree with you on the forum opinion. While i believe that everyone is entitled to their thoughts and opinions the same goes for expressing them too. And what better place than an open forum. If there are redundant topics or threads that are getting beat into the ground then just don't post to them. While I belive that everyone should look though the archives to gain an insight on what other people have done in similar situations, every problem is unique and diferent given that persons individual problems and concerns, and all sould be dealt with on an individual basis. If someone is tired of answering the same questions then they could always stop posting to every thread, just my opinion though. There are a lot of talented brewers on here from what I have seen and some awesome ideas, I have learned a lot of new things to try out since i have been on here, and that has been less than a month. i have been brewing for over 5 years and thought I had heard almost all the tips and tricks out there but everyday that I get on here I learn something new. Weather it be from a "newb" or from searching through past threads. Just my 2 cents, sorry if I have offended anyone, no harm has been intended. I think that it is a shame that there even has to be this conversation on here.
Cheers and Happy brewing to all, remember, never stop learning.
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