Aaronh2500
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I boiled a Brewer's Best kit (American Nut Brown Ale) last saturday. I added two 6g packets of Munton's yeast. I noticed that it started working within 4 or 5 hours. I am keeping it in a dark room of the house that stays about 65-67F. I use a brew belt at night to keep the temp from getting too low. The belt has taken it all the way up to 73F and when I have it off it can get down to 66F.
Ok I will get to the point. It really took off and was bubbling like crazy for the first 48 hours and stayed right around 70F. Today (wednesday, which is the 4th day) I got home from work and the temp had dropped to 67F and the bubbling was sitting idle like it was done. So I put the band back on to see what it would do and within 4.5 hours, the temp came back up to 72F and the bubbler was sitting up again. I have not checked the SG yet, I didn't want to get in a hurry because I had planned on checking after 5 days to make sure I got the same reading 3 days in a row before moving to the secondary.
But should this small amount of temperature change be making this much of a difference?
Ok I will get to the point. It really took off and was bubbling like crazy for the first 48 hours and stayed right around 70F. Today (wednesday, which is the 4th day) I got home from work and the temp had dropped to 67F and the bubbling was sitting idle like it was done. So I put the band back on to see what it would do and within 4.5 hours, the temp came back up to 72F and the bubbler was sitting up again. I have not checked the SG yet, I didn't want to get in a hurry because I had planned on checking after 5 days to make sure I got the same reading 3 days in a row before moving to the secondary.
But should this small amount of temperature change be making this much of a difference?