LarryC
Well-Known Member
I brewed the Sinistral Warrior recipe from NB on Saturday and placed the carboy in my brand new Igloo cooler along with some water & a couple frozen 2 liter bottle. Well, my new temperature control device works almost too good. The temperature of my beer dropped to 58° after sitting for about 3 hours. When I noticed this I pulled the ice bottles out & warmed up the water to about 66°. Since then I have been adding just one bottle and trying to keep the temperature around 65°
So the thing I am wondering about is, will the change in temperature up & down cause any problems with my friends the yeasties? The variation is from about 62°-67° over the course of a day. I also noticed that when the temp cooled down from 67 to 62 the rate of bubble out of my blow off tube dropped about in half. So is slow fermentation better than a more rapid pace?
As a n00b, everything is a question
So the thing I am wondering about is, will the change in temperature up & down cause any problems with my friends the yeasties? The variation is from about 62°-67° over the course of a day. I also noticed that when the temp cooled down from 67 to 62 the rate of bubble out of my blow off tube dropped about in half. So is slow fermentation better than a more rapid pace?
As a n00b, everything is a question