Hello,
I was hoping you guys could offer some insight or point me in some sort of direction. I have been brewing for 15 years or so and recently set up a brewery in my basement. I try to keep things simple when brewing, the new set up is two 20 gal spike pots and a ssbrewtech mash tun, I may go herms later.
First question, I monitored my ferment for the first time this week, I have a ssbrewtech 14g conical, my basement is 65. I pitched the yeast at 70 and for the next 48 hours the temp climbed and spiked at 74.6 before going back down. I brew mostly ales and the og on this one was 1.070. Did that temp spike produce off flavors? Everything I have been able to find says to keep the ferment around 70.
Second question, I am looking to get another fermenter, under the same heading of keeping it simple would it be crazy to build a 8'x8' insulated room and cool it with a window unit in my basement? That way I could keep my fermenter up on a stand for gravity feeding the kegs, and also I dump the wort in the top with a 5 gallon bucket.
Thanks
I was hoping you guys could offer some insight or point me in some sort of direction. I have been brewing for 15 years or so and recently set up a brewery in my basement. I try to keep things simple when brewing, the new set up is two 20 gal spike pots and a ssbrewtech mash tun, I may go herms later.
First question, I monitored my ferment for the first time this week, I have a ssbrewtech 14g conical, my basement is 65. I pitched the yeast at 70 and for the next 48 hours the temp climbed and spiked at 74.6 before going back down. I brew mostly ales and the og on this one was 1.070. Did that temp spike produce off flavors? Everything I have been able to find says to keep the ferment around 70.
Second question, I am looking to get another fermenter, under the same heading of keeping it simple would it be crazy to build a 8'x8' insulated room and cool it with a window unit in my basement? That way I could keep my fermenter up on a stand for gravity feeding the kegs, and also I dump the wort in the top with a 5 gallon bucket.
Thanks