BitterSweetBrews
Tim Trabold
I just finished up a 3.5 gallon SMASH (2-row/home grown Columbus). I pitched some previously harvested S-04 yeast. I thought it was chilled to somewhere in the 70s (my sensor was acting up). I put it in my fermentation chamber and put the temperature probe in the fermenter's thermowell. The temp is reading 82 degrees, much higher than I expected.
I have set the chamber (a medium sized refrigerator) to 65 degrees. It will probably hit that overnight in 6-8 hours.
The yeast was about a year old and has been refrigerated. I pitched probably around 1/4 cup of washed slurry after decanting the liquid from 3 containers that had settled. I don't think it is going to take off fast but it should be OK.
S-04 has a range of 53-70, ideally 59-68. They even say to hydrate it at 80. The wort is at 1.041 OG.
I think I will be OK, but wonder if anyone else has done this? Any opinions on what might happen?
I have set the chamber (a medium sized refrigerator) to 65 degrees. It will probably hit that overnight in 6-8 hours.
The yeast was about a year old and has been refrigerated. I pitched probably around 1/4 cup of washed slurry after decanting the liquid from 3 containers that had settled. I don't think it is going to take off fast but it should be OK.
S-04 has a range of 53-70, ideally 59-68. They even say to hydrate it at 80. The wort is at 1.041 OG.
I think I will be OK, but wonder if anyone else has done this? Any opinions on what might happen?