badducky
Well-Known Member
Howdy,
I recently acquired a new fridge and put the old one in the garage. I'm using it for brewing. I don't have the ability to customize and fiddle with it. It does exactly what it does.
My experiments with it on the first batch indicate I can keep things between 40-50 degrees in there, only, and any attempts to get up to 55 degrees only succeeded in switching the whole thing off for a day, and the temperature ramped up to almost 90. (yikes!)
I prefer ales, not lagers so much.
What ale yeasts can take the 40-50 F range without too much trouble?
It's okay if fermentation takes a little longer. I'm concerned about off-flavors, and failure to ferment in dormancy.
Thanks,
Badducky
I recently acquired a new fridge and put the old one in the garage. I'm using it for brewing. I don't have the ability to customize and fiddle with it. It does exactly what it does.
My experiments with it on the first batch indicate I can keep things between 40-50 degrees in there, only, and any attempts to get up to 55 degrees only succeeded in switching the whole thing off for a day, and the temperature ramped up to almost 90. (yikes!)
I prefer ales, not lagers so much.
What ale yeasts can take the 40-50 F range without too much trouble?
It's okay if fermentation takes a little longer. I'm concerned about off-flavors, and failure to ferment in dormancy.
Thanks,
Badducky