matt71fisher
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On Sunday I did my first brew as a home brewer beginner. I used a White House Honey Ale kit with Danstar Dry yeast (spelling?) I rehydrated the yeast per the instructions. I poured the wort from the kettle into the bucket fermentor through a us plastics fine mesh bucket strainer that should have aerated the wort pretty well. Initial OG looked good per instructions.
I poured the yeast in and moved my fermentor to the basement. Slow bubbles in the three piece airlock began about 5-6 hours later. Monday and Tuesday morning, bubbles picked up pretty good then as ambient temps cooled on Tuesday things slowed to a crawl as of last night, just 2-3 bubbles a min. Initial temps on the sticker thermometer on Sunday night showed 76-78 range. I placed a fan on the fermentor and it was in the 68-70 range Monday night/ Tues morning. Tuesday night temp was down to 64.
1. Did I begin fermentation too warm?
2. Does the timeline seem reasonable based on conditions?
3. Is the fermentor too cold for Ale yeast at 64 and that's why things have slowed or am I just done.
4. Did I ferment to quickly due to the high temp? Can I fix this issue if so?
I poured the yeast in and moved my fermentor to the basement. Slow bubbles in the three piece airlock began about 5-6 hours later. Monday and Tuesday morning, bubbles picked up pretty good then as ambient temps cooled on Tuesday things slowed to a crawl as of last night, just 2-3 bubbles a min. Initial temps on the sticker thermometer on Sunday night showed 76-78 range. I placed a fan on the fermentor and it was in the 68-70 range Monday night/ Tues morning. Tuesday night temp was down to 64.
1. Did I begin fermentation too warm?
2. Does the timeline seem reasonable based on conditions?
3. Is the fermentor too cold for Ale yeast at 64 and that's why things have slowed or am I just done.
4. Did I ferment to quickly due to the high temp? Can I fix this issue if so?