jacobezzell
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Last night i pitched a vial of WLP029 directly into my fermentor, wort was at 72F. The instructions on the vial say to make sure you are above 70F until the yeast starts to work. The recipe I'm using says to brew with WLP029 at 68F. My airlock started bubbling after about 10 hours, but i wouldn't say it's terribly vigorous. About 6 bubbles a minute, and I can see the currents flowing nicely in the primary. I have a thin layer of krausen up top. So is it now time to drop the temp down to 68F? The Fermentometer was reading ~73-74F (up from last night), and my air temp in the fermento-rator was set to 72F.
Besides RDWHAHB, any suggestions about when to drop the temp? I don't want to shock the yeast by dropping it too fast, but if the primary is only going to take 3-4 days I don't want to spend half the time at 73F.
Besides RDWHAHB, any suggestions about when to drop the temp? I don't want to shock the yeast by dropping it too fast, but if the primary is only going to take 3-4 days I don't want to spend half the time at 73F.