N4teTheGreat
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
If this is better off in the beginner forum, feel free to redirect. I'm still working on nailing my process and as such my previous attempt had a bit of banana, not really what you want from a stout.
I'm currently brewing an IPA and have had it sitting a cooler full of water and wrapped in a towel (along with ice, if needed) with a fan blowing on it during the day. Ambient in my apartment rarely drops below 70 and this time of year sometimes hits 73 - 75 but my swap cooler has kept the external thermometer on the fermentor around 65 for the most part.
It's been two weeks now and it appears that fermentation is more or less complete, so I'd like to let the fermentor warm up a bit to help the yeast wrap things up. Question is, how do I do that without things getting TOO warm given the ambient temp in my place. Should I just remove the towel and leave it sitting in room temp water or should I remove the fermentor from the water bath entirely? Thanks in advance for any and all advice, and yes I know I need to take a gravity reading soon to see where things are at.
Yeast Safale-05
OG 1.066
-- Nathan
If this is better off in the beginner forum, feel free to redirect. I'm still working on nailing my process and as such my previous attempt had a bit of banana, not really what you want from a stout.
I'm currently brewing an IPA and have had it sitting a cooler full of water and wrapped in a towel (along with ice, if needed) with a fan blowing on it during the day. Ambient in my apartment rarely drops below 70 and this time of year sometimes hits 73 - 75 but my swap cooler has kept the external thermometer on the fermentor around 65 for the most part.
It's been two weeks now and it appears that fermentation is more or less complete, so I'd like to let the fermentor warm up a bit to help the yeast wrap things up. Question is, how do I do that without things getting TOO warm given the ambient temp in my place. Should I just remove the towel and leave it sitting in room temp water or should I remove the fermentor from the water bath entirely? Thanks in advance for any and all advice, and yes I know I need to take a gravity reading soon to see where things are at.
Yeast Safale-05
OG 1.066
-- Nathan