Hello all,
I'm brewing my first batch of beer, a Scottish Ale from a kit I bought at the local brewing store. I've transferred the wort to the primary and the recipe says to keep at 66-68 degrees for 7 days. It began bubbling within 18 hours and was bubbling at about 50 bubbles per minute. Now it is two days later and is it bubbling at about 65 bubbles per minute...seems good so far. I have the primary in my living room, but the temp has been dropping down to about 61 degrees (room temp, not beer temp) at night and climbing back up to 65-67 during the day. Should I worry about the temp fluctuation? I've wrapped the bucket in a blanket for insulation, but should I take extra measures for keeping the temp up? I'd prefer not to have to run my furnace just for the beer, and I don't have any other heating equipment.
Also, my recipe says to keep in the primary for 7 days, then transfer to secondary for 2 weeks (then bottle and condition for 3 weeks). Should I stick with this, or is there a better way to know when to transfer to the secondary?
Thanks, and thanks for all the other info on the forum!
John
I'm brewing my first batch of beer, a Scottish Ale from a kit I bought at the local brewing store. I've transferred the wort to the primary and the recipe says to keep at 66-68 degrees for 7 days. It began bubbling within 18 hours and was bubbling at about 50 bubbles per minute. Now it is two days later and is it bubbling at about 65 bubbles per minute...seems good so far. I have the primary in my living room, but the temp has been dropping down to about 61 degrees (room temp, not beer temp) at night and climbing back up to 65-67 during the day. Should I worry about the temp fluctuation? I've wrapped the bucket in a blanket for insulation, but should I take extra measures for keeping the temp up? I'd prefer not to have to run my furnace just for the beer, and I don't have any other heating equipment.
Also, my recipe says to keep in the primary for 7 days, then transfer to secondary for 2 weeks (then bottle and condition for 3 weeks). Should I stick with this, or is there a better way to know when to transfer to the secondary?
Thanks, and thanks for all the other info on the forum!
John