John Sanderson
Member
Ok so my very first extract brew hit the fermenter on Nov 18th a Midwest Autumn Amber Ale.
All went well. It was a full boil with a few tiny mistakes that I doubt will cause any problems.
However, about a week ago we left the house for a week long thanksgiving vacation, we left the heat on at 70 degrees. The brew was very active with bubbles every second or so.
Tonight I arrived back home from a lovely vacation and the Temp in the house was 54 degrees. Apparently a nice fella we had stop by to feed the cat and bring in the mail decided to turn off the heat.
It's been about an hour and I have seen a bubble or two.
Here is the Time line and the temp given by my indoor digital Temp log/weather station.
Day 1. 69 degrees (Boil Day)
Day 2. 72 degrees (beginning to get active )
Day 3. 70 degrees (Very active, leave for thanksgiving)
Day 4. 69 degrees
Day 5. 64 degrees (heat turned off)
Day 6. 55 degrees
Day 7. 49 degrees
Day 8. 49 degrees
Day 9. 50 degrees
Day 10. 54 degrees (Arrive back home)
So... what do I do on Day 11? Is my brew ruined? How is this fluctuation going to affect my brew? Anybody have any thoughts?
What should my next step be in salvaging this brew. Remember it has been in the fermenter for 10 days.
All went well. It was a full boil with a few tiny mistakes that I doubt will cause any problems.
However, about a week ago we left the house for a week long thanksgiving vacation, we left the heat on at 70 degrees. The brew was very active with bubbles every second or so.
Tonight I arrived back home from a lovely vacation and the Temp in the house was 54 degrees. Apparently a nice fella we had stop by to feed the cat and bring in the mail decided to turn off the heat.
It's been about an hour and I have seen a bubble or two.
Here is the Time line and the temp given by my indoor digital Temp log/weather station.
Day 1. 69 degrees (Boil Day)
Day 2. 72 degrees (beginning to get active )
Day 3. 70 degrees (Very active, leave for thanksgiving)
Day 4. 69 degrees
Day 5. 64 degrees (heat turned off)
Day 6. 55 degrees
Day 7. 49 degrees
Day 8. 49 degrees
Day 9. 50 degrees
Day 10. 54 degrees (Arrive back home)
So... what do I do on Day 11? Is my brew ruined? How is this fluctuation going to affect my brew? Anybody have any thoughts?
What should my next step be in salvaging this brew. Remember it has been in the fermenter for 10 days.