Hi All,
Brewing an extract bourbon barrel porter with scottish ale yeast. Brew day was sunday afternoon and after finishing I left the primary down in my basement. After 36 hours there were no bubbles and I realized the basement is probably colder than I though it was. Turns out it is about 52 degrees. I assumed my yeast are sleeping so last night I moved the brew up to the apartment and into the spare bedroom in the mid 60s. By the morning I had active fermentation. The problem is, at night the heat will come on and the apartment will go up to 70 degrees. At 10pm the heat goes off and during the day it eventually goes back into the mid 60s.
What is the best way to keep the beer cool?
1) Leave it in the apartment during the day and then at night (5-10pm) move it to the basement
2) Now that its fermenting, move it back to the cold basement with some blankets and leave it there
3) Leave it in the apartment the whole way - knowing the temp will fluctuate between 62-70 degrees - I assume the beer will get even warmer than 70 since it is fermenting and that might produce off flavors.
I am leaning towards #3 since I dont really want to move the beer much.
Thanks for any help
-Jim
Brewing an extract bourbon barrel porter with scottish ale yeast. Brew day was sunday afternoon and after finishing I left the primary down in my basement. After 36 hours there were no bubbles and I realized the basement is probably colder than I though it was. Turns out it is about 52 degrees. I assumed my yeast are sleeping so last night I moved the brew up to the apartment and into the spare bedroom in the mid 60s. By the morning I had active fermentation. The problem is, at night the heat will come on and the apartment will go up to 70 degrees. At 10pm the heat goes off and during the day it eventually goes back into the mid 60s.
What is the best way to keep the beer cool?
1) Leave it in the apartment during the day and then at night (5-10pm) move it to the basement
2) Now that its fermenting, move it back to the cold basement with some blankets and leave it there
3) Leave it in the apartment the whole way - knowing the temp will fluctuate between 62-70 degrees - I assume the beer will get even warmer than 70 since it is fermenting and that might produce off flavors.
I am leaning towards #3 since I dont really want to move the beer much.
Thanks for any help
-Jim