parratt1
Well-Known Member
Ok....So I am making a Rogue Dead Guy Ale clone. This past saturday I brewed and pitched the yeast at 68 degress. Moved carboy down to basement where my air temp is steady 68 degrees. Today is Wednesday afternoon so it has been on the yeast for 4 days. Airlock is still bubbling every 3-5 seconds.
Here is where I am going with this. This is the first time i did the swamp cooler type ferment where I put the carboy in a tub and added water and a t shirt to help control the temp. On my first 3 batches I fermented upstairs at 72 degree air temp. One beer turned out great, using a wyeast smack not sure which one, one is still in primary using danstar windsor, and one is a newcastle clone that tastes good but smells awful. Bad enough to almost not drink. It was made with safeale 05. All three of these beers bubbled like crazy for like 24 hours and were done bubbling in airlock. Now i know that alone is not an indicator, but, you can see I have 3 to 1 very different outcomes by watching the airlock, and fermenting hot vs cold.
So, I am asking all of this to see, is a slow fermentation at a low temperature a lot better than a fast fermentation at a higher temperature?
Here is where I am going with this. This is the first time i did the swamp cooler type ferment where I put the carboy in a tub and added water and a t shirt to help control the temp. On my first 3 batches I fermented upstairs at 72 degree air temp. One beer turned out great, using a wyeast smack not sure which one, one is still in primary using danstar windsor, and one is a newcastle clone that tastes good but smells awful. Bad enough to almost not drink. It was made with safeale 05. All three of these beers bubbled like crazy for like 24 hours and were done bubbling in airlock. Now i know that alone is not an indicator, but, you can see I have 3 to 1 very different outcomes by watching the airlock, and fermenting hot vs cold.
So, I am asking all of this to see, is a slow fermentation at a low temperature a lot better than a fast fermentation at a higher temperature?