Hi, just joined found the site and joined today. Wifey gave me a Brewers Best Deluxe Equipment Kit for our anniversary. I made a few batches before in a cheaper Mr. Beer kit.
Anywho 2 questions really.....
Keeping it simple to start with, pre-packaged brewers best kits, got the American Malt, and American Micro Pale Ale pre packaged kits. Not near enough experience to pick out my own ingredients and expirement yet. I started with the American Light Ale, boiled the cans of malt, hops etc for an hour.
Cooled the wort then siphoned it into my 5 gallon primary fermenting bucket, and added yeast, being careful to leave the trub in the boiling pot. I placed the 5 gallon fermenter in my sons light free closet, and the whatchya call it econo-lock half filled with water is bubbling now at a steady rate of 1 bubble every 5 seconds. The temperature on the fermenter is 80 degrees during the day, then a couple degrees lower eraly in the morning. I have read this is a little too warm and will produce unwanted flavors. My wife keeps our bedroom much cooler, I was afraid the yeast would go inactive if I tried to ferment in our closet as she runs the ac in our room all night. Should I move the 5 gallon primary fermenter into our closet and see how the temp is on it after 24 hours? Will I risk shocking the yeast if it turns out our room is more than 10 degrees colder? Or just let it ride all week in the 80 degree closet as it is now, and try next batch in our closet?
2nd question, I have the second kit ready to boil as soon as this first batch is ready to bottle. I have a 6 1/2 gallon primary fermenting bucket, similar size glass carboy, and priming bucket. Can I siphon my first batch into the glass carboy to finish fermenting, to free up my primary bucket for my next batch, or should I just skip secondary fermentation carboy and wait til it's ready to bottle.
Thanks in advance.
Anywho 2 questions really.....
Keeping it simple to start with, pre-packaged brewers best kits, got the American Malt, and American Micro Pale Ale pre packaged kits. Not near enough experience to pick out my own ingredients and expirement yet. I started with the American Light Ale, boiled the cans of malt, hops etc for an hour.
Cooled the wort then siphoned it into my 5 gallon primary fermenting bucket, and added yeast, being careful to leave the trub in the boiling pot. I placed the 5 gallon fermenter in my sons light free closet, and the whatchya call it econo-lock half filled with water is bubbling now at a steady rate of 1 bubble every 5 seconds. The temperature on the fermenter is 80 degrees during the day, then a couple degrees lower eraly in the morning. I have read this is a little too warm and will produce unwanted flavors. My wife keeps our bedroom much cooler, I was afraid the yeast would go inactive if I tried to ferment in our closet as she runs the ac in our room all night. Should I move the 5 gallon primary fermenter into our closet and see how the temp is on it after 24 hours? Will I risk shocking the yeast if it turns out our room is more than 10 degrees colder? Or just let it ride all week in the 80 degree closet as it is now, and try next batch in our closet?
2nd question, I have the second kit ready to boil as soon as this first batch is ready to bottle. I have a 6 1/2 gallon primary fermenting bucket, similar size glass carboy, and priming bucket. Can I siphon my first batch into the glass carboy to finish fermenting, to free up my primary bucket for my next batch, or should I just skip secondary fermentation carboy and wait til it's ready to bottle.
Thanks in advance.