AmanaplanFlorida
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I brewed my first batch of beer January 1st, a Extra Pale Ale extract kit from Northern Brewer.
Its fermenting great (lots of activity after only 18 hours or so) and continues. My only concern is because i live in south florida, and 83 degree weather in january is normal (depressing.) fermenting is going to be a huge pain until i can afford a fridge to use as a chiller. My yeast calls for a 60-72 degree fermentation but i cant get my house lower then 72. So my stick on thermometer on my glass carboy is reading 75-77 (im keeping it in my closet). Is there anything to worry about? Is there anything i can do to help knock it down a good 5 degrees or so? I just wrapped a wet, cold towel around it (any good).
Im new, i need help. Thanks.
Its fermenting great (lots of activity after only 18 hours or so) and continues. My only concern is because i live in south florida, and 83 degree weather in january is normal (depressing.) fermenting is going to be a huge pain until i can afford a fridge to use as a chiller. My yeast calls for a 60-72 degree fermentation but i cant get my house lower then 72. So my stick on thermometer on my glass carboy is reading 75-77 (im keeping it in my closet). Is there anything to worry about? Is there anything i can do to help knock it down a good 5 degrees or so? I just wrapped a wet, cold towel around it (any good).
Im new, i need help. Thanks.