Docod44
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Hi all, I read a lot of Nottingham posts here before I went ahead and brewed BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde this past weekend. I saw that a lot of users here pitch Nottingham in the 58-62 range and the packet states it can go as low as 50 degrees F, so I decided to have some fun with my (empty) kegerator and use it as a ferm chamber. I pitched 5.5 grams of Notty in 3 gallons of 1.040 wort at 55 degrees F and when I checked on it again 18 hours later, there was already a 1/2 inch thick krausen and starsan being pushed out of my airlock. At 24 hours post-pitch it was already down to a SG of 1.033. This morning I noticed fermentation has started to slow slightly (still getting 1 bubble/second in the airlock) and the krausen is 1 inch thick, so I started stepping the temp up by 1 degree F which I'll do every day until I hit 60 degrees, then I'll finish it at 70 degrees for a week before cold-crashing and kegging!