Ferment Fridge at 55 degrees... this ok?

cebo40 said:

Ok, got the mini fridge rigged up for the carboy ferment.

What I did is folded the ice tray to the back of the fridge, and put the thermostat for the fridge itself in contact with the ice tray. This way the thermostat is at the coldest spot possible, turning the compressor off more frequently and making the fridge as warm as possible. I've got it on the warmest setting.

I dropped an external thermo in there and we're at 55 degrees F. I've got an Indian Pale Ale ready to brew and wanted to know if an ambient of 55 is ok? With yeast tumbling, the brew itself should be 5-8 degrees warmer, putting me around 63 degrees F?

For an IPA, am I going to be too cold for ferment?

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cebo40 said:

Ok, went with the Johnson A19. Got it set on 68 and my temperature is running in the 64-68 range. I think we's ready to go!

Thanks for the help!

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BigFloyd said:

Is that the beer temp or the air inside the chamber? If it's the beer temp, 64-65 will be fine to start. 68-69 to finish.

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cebo40 said:

This was air temp. Got a A19 temp regulator and i'm right in the 60-63 temp range.

When to up with the temperature? Going to ferment around 3 weeks. At day 4 now.

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BigFloyd said:

When it starts to slow down is when I begin bumping the temp.

With the controller, do you have the probe attached to the fermenter or just hanging in the air? You want to read beer temp, so tape the probe to the side of the fermenter and cover it up with some bubble wrap so that the reading isn't affected by the air temp (which is lower during active ferment).

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