heyjaffy
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I brewed up a batch of AHS American Pale Ale (my first partial mash from their 20th anniversary $20 sale) on Monday night. Everything went well, pitched Nottingham around 70-degrees as I have been doing with my other brews and stashed the carboy in my hallway coat closet where the ambient temp stays around 68 degrees +/- up to 2 degrees. I know that fermentation creates heat and I've seen the temperature get up to the low to mid 70's during the most vigorous/active time, but I was surprised and concerned to come home yesterday to find the most vigorous fermentation I've seen yet, and the temperature reading 80 degrees in the carboy (ambient 69 degrees). There was a massive amount of krausen and the airlock was bubbling like crazy.
I checked it this morning and almost all the krausen had fallen, but there was still a significant amount of churning and the airlock is still bubbling, though significantly less. Temperature was reading around 78 degrees.
Does 80 degrees in the carboy sound bad for an APA with Nottingham during hard/active fermentation?
I checked it this morning and almost all the krausen had fallen, but there was still a significant amount of churning and the airlock is still bubbling, though significantly less. Temperature was reading around 78 degrees.
Does 80 degrees in the carboy sound bad for an APA with Nottingham during hard/active fermentation?