Hi guys, new to the forums but I've already learned a ton reading the sage advice doled out on a daily basis.
I'm about to embark on my first on my 'big' brew and I have some questions I thought I would run by you guys.
I'm going to do the Houblonmonstre Tripel kit from Northern Brewer.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/houblonmonstre-tripel-ipa-extract-kit.html
I purchased a smackpack of Wyeast 3522 to use with this kit. I plan on making a 2L starter due to the 1.085+ OG
My main issue with the whole scenereo is the area I ferment my beer is ~62-63F. This yeast has a temp range of 65-76F, and I've read that people seem to have better success with this strain in the upper end of the temp range. I have a brewbelt I can use that raises the fermentation temp in the bucket to about 72F. The only issue is I can only use the brewbelt per the instructions for 8 days in a row for some reason.
My plan was to let the beer ferment slightly cool for 3-4 days then use the brewbelt to push it up into the 70s for the remainder of the 14-ish days before racking to secondary. Does anyone see a problem with this approach, or have any general recommendations?
I'm about to embark on my first on my 'big' brew and I have some questions I thought I would run by you guys.
I'm going to do the Houblonmonstre Tripel kit from Northern Brewer.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/houblonmonstre-tripel-ipa-extract-kit.html
I purchased a smackpack of Wyeast 3522 to use with this kit. I plan on making a 2L starter due to the 1.085+ OG
My main issue with the whole scenereo is the area I ferment my beer is ~62-63F. This yeast has a temp range of 65-76F, and I've read that people seem to have better success with this strain in the upper end of the temp range. I have a brewbelt I can use that raises the fermentation temp in the bucket to about 72F. The only issue is I can only use the brewbelt per the instructions for 8 days in a row for some reason.
My plan was to let the beer ferment slightly cool for 3-4 days then use the brewbelt to push it up into the 70s for the remainder of the 14-ish days before racking to secondary. Does anyone see a problem with this approach, or have any general recommendations?