CavAv8tr
Master of Horse @ Air Cavalry
Team,
Quick question, I have a Porter going in my fermentation chamber (nicely vigorous the first couple of days). My chamber is a coffin freezer with a thermostat controller plugged into a little space heater (thermo is set to heat and 68 degrees F). Temps here dropped from the 40/50s to the 30s the last couple of days (teens at night) and I have noticed the chamber is reading a pretty steady 50 degree range and fermentation has slowed. Should I:
1. Let it ferment longer in the primary and secondary
2. Adjust the thermostat to try to get the temp up (say set for 80F hoping to maintain 68F)
3. Both
I am not all that worried about it, other than maybe the yeast going dormant and then having to restart a stalled fermentation.
Any advice is welcome.
Cav.
Quick question, I have a Porter going in my fermentation chamber (nicely vigorous the first couple of days). My chamber is a coffin freezer with a thermostat controller plugged into a little space heater (thermo is set to heat and 68 degrees F). Temps here dropped from the 40/50s to the 30s the last couple of days (teens at night) and I have noticed the chamber is reading a pretty steady 50 degree range and fermentation has slowed. Should I:
1. Let it ferment longer in the primary and secondary
2. Adjust the thermostat to try to get the temp up (say set for 80F hoping to maintain 68F)
3. Both
I am not all that worried about it, other than maybe the yeast going dormant and then having to restart a stalled fermentation.
Any advice is welcome.
Cav.