Sterlingbrewery
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Good afternoon fellow brewer's. I am a new brewer working on my 3rd batch. They taste fantastic when they are done carbonating in the bottles, however a week or two later the taste bitters and gets skunky. Talking to a fellow brewer, he said that my fermentation temperature is too high. I ferment at 70 degrees or less but higher than 63. According to the kit directions, that is within the temp. My question is what is a cheap way to keep the fermentation cool when I live in an apartment? I thought about making a modified wort cooler and putting it in the fermenter and running cool water through it. I don't pay for water so the cost really doesn't concern me.
Another question, when boiling the wort do I take specific gravity before I add water to the wort? Do I take it after adding the water? It seems that when using kits my SG is always off by a significant factor according to the instructions. After the boiling of the wort, do I add one gallon at a time and take a realtime so to speak gravity readings until I hit the correct SG reading?
Thank you for the help brew community!
Another question, when boiling the wort do I take specific gravity before I add water to the wort? Do I take it after adding the water? It seems that when using kits my SG is always off by a significant factor according to the instructions. After the boiling of the wort, do I add one gallon at a time and take a realtime so to speak gravity readings until I hit the correct SG reading?
Thank you for the help brew community!