I know I prolly need to RAHAHB.... but I'm travelling and have none handy. I've got a baltic porter at home that had an OG of 1.088, into which I pitched a healthy starter of bohemian pilsner 8 days ago at ~ 56F. I brought temp down to 53F in a day, fermentation seemed to be ticking away steadily, and over days 5-6 days temps came down to ~50F and everything was going well.
Left on a trip, and today (day 8) called the wifey to ask her to check temp, and fermometer had risen to 62F; somehow the power strip got turned off to my refer after I'd left home... Patient wife turned power to refer back on, so temp will start heading back to 50. She said airlocks (well, OK, she didn't actually call them airlocks, but rather "bubble thingies") were bubbling every 3 seconds or so - just a little faster than they'd been at 50F
Now what? I'd planned to do a D-rest at ~65F, once beer reached ~75% of target attenuation anyway, so just proceed as planned and taste to determine how long to rest? Of course I didn't ask wifey to measure gravity with the "bobber thingie", so I don't know how far along this beer is, but I was guessing it'd take ~ 2-3 weeks to hit 75% attenuation at 50F.
Anyone out there who can hold my hand 'till I get home in 4 days?
Left on a trip, and today (day 8) called the wifey to ask her to check temp, and fermometer had risen to 62F; somehow the power strip got turned off to my refer after I'd left home... Patient wife turned power to refer back on, so temp will start heading back to 50. She said airlocks (well, OK, she didn't actually call them airlocks, but rather "bubble thingies") were bubbling every 3 seconds or so - just a little faster than they'd been at 50F
Now what? I'd planned to do a D-rest at ~65F, once beer reached ~75% of target attenuation anyway, so just proceed as planned and taste to determine how long to rest? Of course I didn't ask wifey to measure gravity with the "bobber thingie", so I don't know how far along this beer is, but I was guessing it'd take ~ 2-3 weeks to hit 75% attenuation at 50F.
Anyone out there who can hold my hand 'till I get home in 4 days?