StateRoad84
Active Member
Hey all, total noob, first time brewer here.
I have searched for info on temperature while fermenting. My concern is that living in Florida the temperature in my house during the summer can reach 77 degrees with the a/c working hard. At night the temp is set at 69 degrees. Of course I am worried about off flavors developing during the ferm an condition phases.
I was thinking how to combat this problem and was wondering how this would work. I have an old 5 gallon stone crock sitting as a decoration in my living room. I will be brewing 1 gallon batches, so my fermentor should fit inside the crock with space between the sides of the crock and the fermentor. If I could put a water bath in the crock and control the temp with a little ice or cold packs the crock should be able to keep the temp fairly constant with some monitoring. Any thoughts?
I have searched for info on temperature while fermenting. My concern is that living in Florida the temperature in my house during the summer can reach 77 degrees with the a/c working hard. At night the temp is set at 69 degrees. Of course I am worried about off flavors developing during the ferm an condition phases.
I was thinking how to combat this problem and was wondering how this would work. I have an old 5 gallon stone crock sitting as a decoration in my living room. I will be brewing 1 gallon batches, so my fermentor should fit inside the crock with space between the sides of the crock and the fermentor. If I could put a water bath in the crock and control the temp with a little ice or cold packs the crock should be able to keep the temp fairly constant with some monitoring. Any thoughts?