Hi all,
On my 2nd attempt to brew beer I decided to brew a refreshing light lager with the ingredient kit supplied by geterbrewed. My first attempt at brewing beer was poor due to a severe lack of carbonation within the beer. Although I feel the flavour was fine.
Due to the beer I have chosen being a lager, I have decided to place the fermentation chamber in an old fridge. The only problem being I cannot accurately monitor the temperature of the beer itself. I have a thermostat stuck to the side of the fermentation tank which reads a constant 5 degrees C. I was instructed to ferment the beer at 10 degrees C. For the first few hours of fermentation I fear I may have fermented the beer at an even lower temperature,(possibly below freezing ) ) have I caused any damage by doing this? Also, the specific gravity at the start(sparging) did not meet the specific gravity that it was meant to be. My understanding of this is that the beer will not be as alcoholic. Is there any way to correct this. I think it is 0.015 off.
Many thanks in advance
Andrew
On my 2nd attempt to brew beer I decided to brew a refreshing light lager with the ingredient kit supplied by geterbrewed. My first attempt at brewing beer was poor due to a severe lack of carbonation within the beer. Although I feel the flavour was fine.
Due to the beer I have chosen being a lager, I have decided to place the fermentation chamber in an old fridge. The only problem being I cannot accurately monitor the temperature of the beer itself. I have a thermostat stuck to the side of the fermentation tank which reads a constant 5 degrees C. I was instructed to ferment the beer at 10 degrees C. For the first few hours of fermentation I fear I may have fermented the beer at an even lower temperature,(possibly below freezing ) ) have I caused any damage by doing this? Also, the specific gravity at the start(sparging) did not meet the specific gravity that it was meant to be. My understanding of this is that the beer will not be as alcoholic. Is there any way to correct this. I think it is 0.015 off.
Many thanks in advance
Andrew