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LOL that's how my kids describe the fermenting Caribou Slobber bubbling away in the dining room. DS(9) had his friend over, and his friend said "What the heck was THAT noise?" and DS said "oh just mom's beer farting in the dining room."

Nice, just picked up one too. Had an Amazon gift card sitting around so it only "cost" me $5!

I did the same thing - pitched the yeast while it was 75, thinking it would "cool" to room temp of 70... not taking into consideration the heat generated during fermentation. After about 10 hours, when I realized the temp was not going to drop lower than 77, I put the carboy outside (it was...

Getting a bit carried away now... aren't we, lol?

Good one!

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Gotcha! That's a bit more palatable. :D

OK cool, I'm not going to worry about it now. I'll just remember for next time. And a fermentation chamber sounds like a great project for DH (sorry... HWMBO just doesn't roll off the tongue nicely, lol).

New brewer here! Have my first batch of Hefeweizen fermenting in my closet (sucks not having a basement sometimes, lol). I lucked out and my dad and brother were here on brew night... both had brewed before so any questions got quickly answered. My DH is a general contractor (would that be...