MSUCatBrewer
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I did my first AG batch on Saturday -- a Sunshine Wheat clone -- and all seemed to go fairly smooth. By Sunday, there wasn't much going on fermentation wise, but I wasn't deterred by that. Monday morning, same; I moved my fermenter from my basement to my guest bathroom tub in hopes the higher temp would get it started. Sure enough, I came home to an airlock full of krausen...minutes away from a blowout that would have precipitated my divorce...
I moved the fermenter down to my basement, attached a blowoff tube, and now fermentation has become slllloooowwww. I think the issue is my basement is between 64-65 degrees in the summer due to our AC being on.
There is no way my wife will let me ferment upstairs in the house she meticulously keeps (Can't say I blame her)...so I need to course correct--quickly--before I lose this batch.
Will a heat lamp be an over correction? I'm thinking so...I only need to raise the temp a few degrees. I'd like to be able to brew during the summer...but this may be a problem.
Thanks so much!
I did my first AG batch on Saturday -- a Sunshine Wheat clone -- and all seemed to go fairly smooth. By Sunday, there wasn't much going on fermentation wise, but I wasn't deterred by that. Monday morning, same; I moved my fermenter from my basement to my guest bathroom tub in hopes the higher temp would get it started. Sure enough, I came home to an airlock full of krausen...minutes away from a blowout that would have precipitated my divorce...
I moved the fermenter down to my basement, attached a blowoff tube, and now fermentation has become slllloooowwww. I think the issue is my basement is between 64-65 degrees in the summer due to our AC being on.
There is no way my wife will let me ferment upstairs in the house she meticulously keeps (Can't say I blame her)...so I need to course correct--quickly--before I lose this batch.
Will a heat lamp be an over correction? I'm thinking so...I only need to raise the temp a few degrees. I'd like to be able to brew during the summer...but this may be a problem.
Thanks so much!