I am about to brew a Brewer's Best HopNog 2009 kit http://www.homebrewit.com/aisle/3000. I am in a new house and have been monitoring my basement temps. It seems to be holding around or a couple of degrees above 50F. This seems too cold for the Safale 05 yeast that came with the kit.
Will the yeast produce enough of their own heat to prevent stalling?
I know an easy fix is to move it upstairs where it is warmer but I don't live alone and I don't need any grief down the road. Also I could get some sort of carboy heating device but I'm cheap. I just dropped $200 on my set-up and want to avoid spending more.
So I had an idea, what if I follow the same recipe but switch yeasts? I was thinking of Saflagerw34/70.
Would this work? How will this affect the beer? How would it change my primary and secondary fermentation times? Would I have to lager it at near freezing temps to bottle condition and get rid of off flavors?
Hope you all can help.
Will the yeast produce enough of their own heat to prevent stalling?
I know an easy fix is to move it upstairs where it is warmer but I don't live alone and I don't need any grief down the road. Also I could get some sort of carboy heating device but I'm cheap. I just dropped $200 on my set-up and want to avoid spending more.
So I had an idea, what if I follow the same recipe but switch yeasts? I was thinking of Saflagerw34/70.
Would this work? How will this affect the beer? How would it change my primary and secondary fermentation times? Would I have to lager it at near freezing temps to bottle condition and get rid of off flavors?
Hope you all can help.