Iceman6409
Well-Known Member
So. I live in Rochester NY. It has been, as I am sure it has benn for much of the country, a very warm summer so far. I have always used a homemade wort chiller to chill down the wort to 70 and then pitch yeast. During these brutal hot summer months I don't I can get down to 70 as the ground is hot which causes the water to warm up a bit, I'm thinking I might be able to get down to 80 give or take. Is 80ish ok to pitch yeast? If not what other methods could I employ? I thought about an ice bath but I do now have any container to hold a carbpy nor do I have any way of producing mass ice and would prefer not to purchase either for one or two batches of beer. I do have access to a small chest freezer with a temperature thingy in there where I can choose what temperature I want the freezer at. And yes it will set up to room temperature if I want it to. Any ideas? Thoughts? I'm kind of hoping pitching at 80 is viable but I am curious to your thoughts.