celticdevildog
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I finally have everything I need (including the time) to brew my beer today. I'm oddly excited about it, to the point of dreaming about it last night. It's always good to dream about beer I think.
Anyways, I'll be brewing Northern Brewer's Irish Red Ale. I've got everything planned and ready to go but I have one question. Since I live in New Mexico and none of the houses here in Santa Fe (to include the one I'm living in) has AC. So for the most part my house is sitting at 86* during the day and can drop to 60* at night. I know that these swings in temperatures are not good for fermentation so I put some water in my fermenter and put it in my spare fridge at the warmest setting of the fridge. It's sitting right at 52*. Now looking at the fermentation temps for the Daystar Nottingham Ale yeast it says the fermentation range is 57*-70*. Will I be OK to leave it in the fridge since its the best place to keep a constant temp that's close to the fermentation range?
I'll keep everyone posted with how the brew day went. And in 5-6 weeks I'm looking forward to beer that I made (although I'll have to wait until October to drink it...
) However, I've got some great friends and family who are willing to be taste testers for me.
Anyways, I'll be brewing Northern Brewer's Irish Red Ale. I've got everything planned and ready to go but I have one question. Since I live in New Mexico and none of the houses here in Santa Fe (to include the one I'm living in) has AC. So for the most part my house is sitting at 86* during the day and can drop to 60* at night. I know that these swings in temperatures are not good for fermentation so I put some water in my fermenter and put it in my spare fridge at the warmest setting of the fridge. It's sitting right at 52*. Now looking at the fermentation temps for the Daystar Nottingham Ale yeast it says the fermentation range is 57*-70*. Will I be OK to leave it in the fridge since its the best place to keep a constant temp that's close to the fermentation range?
I'll keep everyone posted with how the brew day went. And in 5-6 weeks I'm looking forward to beer that I made (although I'll have to wait until October to drink it...