DublinOhioBrewer
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What is this condensation in my fermenter and is it normal?
Im sure im paranoid, but...
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DublinOhioBrewer
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I have another fermenter next to it and it's starting to do the same thing... is this a signal that its swamp cooler time? Or just leave them alone?
Just a little condensation . No problem. What temp are you fermenting at?
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The temp strip says between 66 and 68
The condensation forms because the beer is warmer than the top of the carboy due to activity of the yeast. It's a normal thing. I see you have a nice krausen on the beer. When that starts to fall you can let the beer warm up so the yeast do their cleanup of intermediate products. Here's a bit of information on how the yeast do their thing.
http://www.brewgeeks.com/the-life-cycle-of-yeast.html
http://www.brewgeeks.com/the-life-cycle-of-yeast.html
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