jourelemode
Well-Known Member
hi guys...is it too warm for it or will it be ok to stay at that temperature till it finishes?
the first two days it was at 76-78*F and slowly dropped to 68-70* and stayed there for 3 days. I put a heating belt around the better bottle carboy to bring the temperature up to the 80*F range because i read that it can give more fruity esters and bubblegum esters. So yesterday afternoon I attached the heating belt and it slowly increased the temp from 68-70 to 80-84*F when I checked the thermometer sticker this morning. Not really sure where the temp is at cause 80, 82 and 84 on the sticker had some colors. I'm away right now and i just left it on. The temperature shouldn't go any higher since the heating belt is only supposed to increase the ambient room temp about 10*F. My house is usually within the 65-68*F range.
What do you guys think? I'll be gone until sunday night...will it be ok to keep it at that temperature? If not, I can have someone unplug it, but at night, man the temp will drop to like 60*F since there's nobody home and the house heater will be off.
please let me know guys, so if it needs to be shut off, i'll have my wife unplug it before she meets me here on saturday morning. Otherwise we'll leave it until we get home sunday night.
thanks!
the first two days it was at 76-78*F and slowly dropped to 68-70* and stayed there for 3 days. I put a heating belt around the better bottle carboy to bring the temperature up to the 80*F range because i read that it can give more fruity esters and bubblegum esters. So yesterday afternoon I attached the heating belt and it slowly increased the temp from 68-70 to 80-84*F when I checked the thermometer sticker this morning. Not really sure where the temp is at cause 80, 82 and 84 on the sticker had some colors. I'm away right now and i just left it on. The temperature shouldn't go any higher since the heating belt is only supposed to increase the ambient room temp about 10*F. My house is usually within the 65-68*F range.
What do you guys think? I'll be gone until sunday night...will it be ok to keep it at that temperature? If not, I can have someone unplug it, but at night, man the temp will drop to like 60*F since there's nobody home and the house heater will be off.
please let me know guys, so if it needs to be shut off, i'll have my wife unplug it before she meets me here on saturday morning. Otherwise we'll leave it until we get home sunday night.
thanks!