Recent content by mcypert09

Thank you for the input, everybody! Much appreciated! Happy Brewing and Happy Holidays!

I overlooked that one! Thank you, Yooper. Next I need to convince the girlfriend who lives with me that a bath of water and having the carboys upstairs is a good idea... Challenge accepted. Thanks again!

Thank you for the input, sir. Much appreciated. I definitely didn't rule this option out yet. My only concern is the difference in temp during the day and at night. My thermostat is set up to cool down to 60 during the day when I am at work, go up to 67 before I get home, down to 62 at night...

Another question from me as well... For the Gents who are using a water bath and an aquarium heater, how much water do you put in the bath? Is the bath large enough to have water filled to where the beer line is on the carboy, maybe to the half way point of the carboy, etc? Obviously you don't...

Cool! No problem and thank you! Also thanks for providing the insight on the yeast temp recommendations, I tried responding to say thanks but had some iphone complications I guess. I do have wrapped bath towels wrapped around both of my carboys (English Pale Ale in primary and Belgian in...

Interesting and creative! Thank you, Yooper! I read about folks using aquarium heaters and your set up info now makes sense to me. Since you are getting into temperatures that low, do you only keep the primary carboys where the fermentation is happening in the bath? I know the fermentation...

This is interesting, thank you for providing this. I am going to start reviewing after I brew a batch and see the correct temp for that particular yeast that came with the kit

Thank you for sending the picture. I think it is now time for me to invest in a temp belt after seeing how it works and it around the carboy

This is interesting, thank you for providing this. I am going to start reviewing after I brew a batch and see the correct temp for that particular yeast that came with the kit

Thank you everybody for the input! Very much appreciated. For everybody using a heating belt/band, are you monitoring the temp of the beer with the adhesive thermometer on the side of the carboy or using a different method? I am glad to see that my basement temp is about at what other...

Hello All - I have been reading Homebrew Talk forums for a while now and definitely rely on everybody's awesome input and knowledge. I know there are blogs on temperature and the effect on fermentation but I want to see if I can get some input from somebody in the same geographic location. I...