My ferment is just over 2 weeks old now and all of a sudden it's started producing much much more gas than before.
I'm using balloons rather than an airlock. Up until a couple of days ago, I was getting about 523cm^3 of gas a day.
But it's easily doubled, if not tripled in the last few days.
I tasted it on the 15th and it was extremely vinegary, so I was a bit worried.
I did a bunch of research to find out if I needed to do anything, or if there was anything I *could* do.
A couple of things changed that might have caused the change in gas production:
- I topped it up with water so there's as little space in the vessel as possible
- the weather cooled down by quite a lot and it got much more humid
temps have dropped from ~32°C (90°F) to ~22°C (72°F) and we've had about 130mm (5 inches) of rain.
I've had the vessel draped in a wet t-shirt since it started, to try to keep it cool. But I still think the most likely reason for the sudden change is the weather.
Is this a good sign? Does it mean that it's definitely producing alcohol?
Does vinegar production give off gas? Can vinegar be produced in an anaerobic environment? I have so many questions, I'm sorry. I'm reading everything I can get my hands on but I still can't answer some of the more specific questions
I love this process. Even if it turns out badly it's been really fun