The title for this is a little deceiving.
I really have no way of actually controlling the temp of my brews. I made a makeshift swamp cooler out of a rolling cooler and some wet t-shirts in the past. But this time of year, temp in my basement crawlspace is pretty steady around 64 to 66 degrees all day long. So I brewed a tripel on about 72 hours ago. I would like to bring the carboy upstairs into my bathroom to raise the temp up to let the thing finish fermenting (I read this somewhere...but couldn't find it again). Anyhow, it's projected to be about 80, which means about 75 degrees in the house. Is moving it upstairs and raising the temp a bad idea? Also, I have natural sunlight in the bathroom, so I was thinking about putting a garbage bag over the carboy to keep the light out, but that might raise the temp even more?
I really have no way of actually controlling the temp of my brews. I made a makeshift swamp cooler out of a rolling cooler and some wet t-shirts in the past. But this time of year, temp in my basement crawlspace is pretty steady around 64 to 66 degrees all day long. So I brewed a tripel on about 72 hours ago. I would like to bring the carboy upstairs into my bathroom to raise the temp up to let the thing finish fermenting (I read this somewhere...but couldn't find it again). Anyhow, it's projected to be about 80, which means about 75 degrees in the house. Is moving it upstairs and raising the temp a bad idea? Also, I have natural sunlight in the bathroom, so I was thinking about putting a garbage bag over the carboy to keep the light out, but that might raise the temp even more?