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^ Hahahaha! I was strangely disappointed when income home to complete normalcy!

Thank you for the participation....... Drumroll please....... Not even close :-) My wort temp is at 65 and ambient is at 64 in my house most of the time so it's all gravy!!! And the winner is.....

Too bad I wont be home if it does... wait though... if a carboy explodes in a room with nobody to hear it, does it make a sound?

whew... may have dodged a bullet on my laziness! consider it confirmed... there will be an epic prize for the winners.

So we have 3 for foaming airlock, 1 for just to the neck, 2 for totally OK. (Well... any option is really OK but heck) Who is going to shoot the moon and call an explosion... any takers?

Pshh that takes all the fun away! 1.050 OG No starter but hella fresh smack pack that went for 6 hours before pitching. (Same yeast, porter with same OG had blowoff last time whiten 24 ) Correct number of cells... probably a bit low but close enough. Still taking bets!

So... did a brown ale kit from my LHBS yesterday... pitched the (wyeast 1098) @66* around 6pm last night... this morning it already had about an inch of krausen. 6 gal carboy, 3 piece airlock. 5 gal batch. Meant to put on my blow-off hose before I left for work this morning... but did not...

Sometimes you gotta do a full on karate chop... repeatedly, on a solid surface, alternating hands... Ninja style.

Well like I said the yeast really liked that raging inferno of a set up. Fermentation pretty much stopped the day after my last post and FG stayed at 1.006 For 3 days. Did a minor cold crash (let it go from 93 down to 65' over the course of a couple days and bottled late last night. Initial...

Wyeast 3724! For its amazing stability, reliability, consistency, and predictability. Just kidding. But sure is tasty.

Somehow my heating pad got a mind of its own yesterday morning and decided 95 is its new lowest setting...... so now my ambient is around 93 degrees and my wort is around 90-93 but holy jeez does this yeast like it! Everything still smells wonderful and its been going nuts the past few days...

^ you should start a new thread so all can find and enjoy your experiment. I too am very interested!

Leaving it alone has been great. It has been at a very stable 88* for several days now and activity has picked back up (never stopped by any means, just slowed down). Churning rapidly and bubbling every 5-8 seconds again. So.... To answer my own question, 12* in 3 days was probably a bit too...

^ I needed to hear that. I shall not touch for a week and see what happens!

Thanks for the advice ^ . You called it, today I'm at 88* and just took a gravity reading at 1.035...... Gonna just keep the temp holding steady at this point and wait for a while. How long should I wait till I add 3711 or a Brett of sorts? Any suggestions on something tasty to finish it off? a...

Well just for another update. Today is day six and I'm up to 87* Temp schedule so far below: Day 1: pitch temp 72* Day 2: wrapped sleeping bag in large plastic container in sun (no light exposure) go it up to 76. Day 3: heat pad under the container in ferm room up to 78. Day 4: turned up a...

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Really it's not so bad :-), put it in a tub of 70* and add some ice slowly as you go. Never get the water too much colder than the carboy. Try to bring it down 4-5 degrees over the next 24 hours, really though it will be fine !

Sounds like we have a very similar brew going. although I'm using a heat pad/sleeping bag method. I started mine at 72 and have been ramping steadily since. Im up to 81 now (9* over 72 hours). Mine however did go crazy the first 24 blow off and all. Still activley churning but only bubbling once...