NeedsMoreHops
Active Member
I've read through several threads about different techniques for keeping the primary at a good fermentation temperature (wet t-shirt, etc), but I've searched and found nothing about this idea.
Any opinions on cleaning up my brewpot after filling my primary, then placing the primary inside of the brewpot (about an inch of space all around) and filling up with water?
I'm too cheap to buy a cooler specifically for this purpose and it seems like this would be at least as effective as a wet t-shirt at keeping a stable temperature.
At this time of year, I can expect the closet I store my bucket in to fluctuate between 60 late at night, when the heat is off, to 70 (maybe more?) in the afternoons when the New Mexico sun warms the house.
Would my proposed method make the temp fluctuations less dramatic and keep the primary mostly in the middle of that temp range? Is it "better" to have less fluctuation, even if its pretty much within the acceptable range for an ale yeast?
Is there some downside I'm not seeing to keeping the entire bucket immersed in water? Does evaporation off the t-shirt make that big a difference compared to immersion?
Thanks ahead for any comments
Any opinions on cleaning up my brewpot after filling my primary, then placing the primary inside of the brewpot (about an inch of space all around) and filling up with water?
I'm too cheap to buy a cooler specifically for this purpose and it seems like this would be at least as effective as a wet t-shirt at keeping a stable temperature.
At this time of year, I can expect the closet I store my bucket in to fluctuate between 60 late at night, when the heat is off, to 70 (maybe more?) in the afternoons when the New Mexico sun warms the house.
Would my proposed method make the temp fluctuations less dramatic and keep the primary mostly in the middle of that temp range? Is it "better" to have less fluctuation, even if its pretty much within the acceptable range for an ale yeast?
Is there some downside I'm not seeing to keeping the entire bucket immersed in water? Does evaporation off the t-shirt make that big a difference compared to immersion?
Thanks ahead for any comments