I brewed an all grain Brown Ale last night for my first brew since a Mr. Beer kit attempt in college 8 years ago. I cooled my wort to about 68* before transferring to my primary and pitching my yeast. I'm storing in a cool place with ambient temp of 67*. It's been about 18 hours since I pitched the yeast and everything looks to be going well, the air lock is bubbling away and the kraeusen looks good. However, the temp has risen and stabilized at 77* which I feel is too high. I'm using a Better Bottle as my primary and have read about the risk of the water in my airlock dumping into my beer if a Better Bottle is lifted up when full. I'd like to lower the temperature of my fermentation by placing the better bottle in a water bath, but don't know if I should risk my airlock dumping. Is fermenting at 77* going to cause harm to by beer? I'm already 18 hours in, is it too late to lower the temp and better to just keep it stable at this point?
I'm not sure what I should do, if anything?
-Should I remove the airlock and quickly place the better bottle in a water bath and then replace the airlock.
-Move the better bottle into a water bath with airlock in place and risk the airlock dumping
or
-Do nothing and let ferment at 77*
Sorry about the long post & thanks for any help!
I'm not sure what I should do, if anything?
-Should I remove the airlock and quickly place the better bottle in a water bath and then replace the airlock.
-Move the better bottle into a water bath with airlock in place and risk the airlock dumping
or
-Do nothing and let ferment at 77*
Sorry about the long post & thanks for any help!