After going through this forum, and also happening to hear a question on lagering temp on the Strong Brew, I decided to raise the ambient temperature around my ales to 70 degrees. Is this generally a good idea, or am I looking into this to much?
Back info:
I have been fermenting in my bath tub with the bath tub water fluctuating between 65-66 degrees for 9 days. As well I have been using wet towels to wick heat from the carboys themselves. The advice given by Palmer on Strong Brew was to gradually raise the beers fermentation( for lagers) over the primary phase to ensure as the yeasts become less active that the beer stays in the proper temperature area for yeast to do their job well. I will still use the wet towels on the beer, but am just going to use my ambient air temp which stays at 69-70.
I have no way of gradually raising the temp around the beer. I will just be draining the water out from around my carboys. Will this shock the yeast?
I posted this as well in another the fermentation forum, but I figured it might be easier for noobs like me to find it here too.
Back info:
I have been fermenting in my bath tub with the bath tub water fluctuating between 65-66 degrees for 9 days. As well I have been using wet towels to wick heat from the carboys themselves. The advice given by Palmer on Strong Brew was to gradually raise the beers fermentation( for lagers) over the primary phase to ensure as the yeasts become less active that the beer stays in the proper temperature area for yeast to do their job well. I will still use the wet towels on the beer, but am just going to use my ambient air temp which stays at 69-70.
I have no way of gradually raising the temp around the beer. I will just be draining the water out from around my carboys. Will this shock the yeast?
I posted this as well in another the fermentation forum, but I figured it might be easier for noobs like me to find it here too.
