Airlock bubbling away within 3 hours of putting in the yeast - is this normal?

soswinemaking

I have just started a Tangerine Wine (placed recipe in the wine recipe area on this forum) and at around 10am this morning I mixed in the yeast.  At 1pm the same day the airlock is bubbling away (around 1 every 15 seconds).  Does it normally start this quickly?

HBO_Staff

It can really vary from brew to brew, and various factors will change from brew to brew, the yeast used, the temperature, the amount of sugars in the liquid, etc, so there is no hard and fast rule of what to expect. As it has started so quickly that is no bad thing, it's just a case of waiting now until it's finished. 

Thanks for the recipe, we'll take a look at that, it would be great if you had chance to update with the finished results too

soswinemaking

I just didn't expect it to start bubbling so quickly!  Now it's been 24 hours it's bubbling at around 3 a second - going really fast!

Will keep the updating as I go along.

HBO_Staff

If it is being brewed somewhere quite warm then that will speed it up, you could try moving it somewhere a little cooler and that may slow it down a little

Custodian

You must have a lot of sugar in it. And did you Oxygenate the wort and pitch with a starter?