I'm about to brew a BIAB Saison gathered from one of my LHBS. The yeast is WLP565 and I'm thinking about starting low and working my way up to 75-80F. I want to get it warmer than my usual 70 to 72 which is the ambient temp in the kitchen. I thought i'd invest in a heat belt to help get the saison funky but i'm not sure if i want to heat the plastic bucket directly. I have a space heater for the winter with a sort of accurate digital temp. My plan is to increase by a degree every other day and after a week adding the candy sugar to the fermenter to finish drying it out.
Is the heat belt a better bet with consistency or will it risk adding plastic taste to the beer? The space heater would kick in when the temp dips so it should work fine. I sold my carboy a while ago and now brew in a bucket and better bottle but may buy a new one if it would create a better product.
Is the heat belt a better bet with consistency or will it risk adding plastic taste to the beer? The space heater would kick in when the temp dips so it should work fine. I sold my carboy a while ago and now brew in a bucket and better bottle but may buy a new one if it would create a better product.