flexfit115

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It seems to me that every time I brew the thermometers on my bucket seem to say that my brew is 4 or so degrees higher than ambient temp in my house. Does fermentation cause temp to rise in the bucket or are the thermometers wrong? Or maybe I'm crazy?

JLem

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You're not crazy and the thermometers are not wrong (at least not relatively so). Fermentation is an exothermic process so you can expect your beer will be 5-10 degrees F higher than ambient.

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flexfit115

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So do I try to cool it back to the proper temp per my yeast instructions, or is the calculated in the the yeast instructions?

marcopolo

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Relax. Don't worry. Have a homebrew...

JLem

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Most of the time it is the fermentation temperature that is listed, so you should cool it down. For example, if I want a fermentation temp of 68°F, my ambient needs to be 60-62°F.

What are you making, what yeast are you using, and what is your ambient temp?

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flexfit115

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That's what I thought, but brewing a Belgian Dubble, and wlp550 which is good up to 78 degrees according to their website. But I'm at about 77 degrees and ambient is 73 in my house. Thanks.

flexfit115

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It dropped right down to ambient temp after about 24 hrs. Thanks all!