Proper temps...

[cutarecord]

Have a simple question...

Brewing a partial mash recipe that has been in the primary for about three weeks. According to my gravity reading, the fermentation is done. While it was fermenting i kept a damp tshirt over the carboy to keep the temp around 67. Now that fermentation has slowed/stopped do i need to continue to keep the temp lowered or is that just while the yeast are active? If i use a dry shirt the carboy tends to be around 72 F...

i know higher temps will cause off flavors in your beer but i didnt know if it matters once the yeast started to die off..

 

[deepcdan99]

It really depends on which yeast you are using and how long you tend to let it sit on your dead yeast.

 

[cutarecord]

It's an American wheat wyeast and it's been inactive for about a week

 

[deepcdan99]

Wyeast 1010, American Wheat yeast has a range of 58-74, so there shouldn't be any problems, and though there may be no activity, the yeast may be very much alive, just inactive due to lack of food and oxygen to consume. I don't think you would have any problems keeping it for a few weeks at those temps.