Hey all,
Did a batch of beer this past weekend. I've got a chest freezer in a storage shed outside with a temp controller and a heating pad. I put the fermenter in Saturday night.
Never even dawned on me that the heating pad wouldn't be able to keep the inside of the freezer warm. In hindsight that wasn't very smart of me. I just go around to checking it this afternoon and noticed that the internal temp was down into the 50's, which probably means the inside of the freezer got down right cold over the last couple days. (probably down into the 30's)
So My fermenter has been sitting in sub-50 degree temps for the last three days. Ugh.
I took it out today and moved it into the house, but at this point is there any chance the yeast will do anything? Could I pitch new yeast into it? Is there anything I can do to save this batch or is it gone?
thanks in advance for the help.
Did a batch of beer this past weekend. I've got a chest freezer in a storage shed outside with a temp controller and a heating pad. I put the fermenter in Saturday night.
Never even dawned on me that the heating pad wouldn't be able to keep the inside of the freezer warm. In hindsight that wasn't very smart of me. I just go around to checking it this afternoon and noticed that the internal temp was down into the 50's, which probably means the inside of the freezer got down right cold over the last couple days. (probably down into the 30's)
So My fermenter has been sitting in sub-50 degree temps for the last three days. Ugh.
I took it out today and moved it into the house, but at this point is there any chance the yeast will do anything? Could I pitch new yeast into it? Is there anything I can do to save this batch or is it gone?
thanks in advance for the help.