How hot is to hot?

[ptarmigancraft]

Traditionally I have kept away from summer brewing due to being on the top floor of an apartment building, no AC, and 25+C temperatures. Caved and did one of my staple brews after running out of home-brew early on in the season.

Temp in the primary has been fluctuating between 72F-76F. Just wondering what people have experienced as an acceptable 'High' without running into problems regarding off flavours.

I have it in a pale with cold water and throwing ice packs in a few times a day to mitigate spikes in the temperature. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

 

[BigPerm]

Traditionally I have kept away from summer brewing due to being on the top floor of an apartment building, no AC, and 25+C temperatures. Caved and did one of my staple brews after running out of home-brew early on in the season.

Temp in the primary has been fluctuating between 72F-76F. Just wondering what people have experienced as an acceptable 'High' without running into problems regarding off flavours.

I have it in a pale with cold water and throwing ice packs in a few times a day to mitigate spikes in the temperature. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Depends on a lot of things. Yeast strain, fermentation temp, OG. More info is always helpful.

 

[ptarmigancraft]

Yeast was Safale-04, OG 1.048, No other information on ferm temp other than what I have been observing. I know there is not much I can do now if I have messed things up. More just looking to see if I can brew again with these temps or if it would be recommended to wait until a colder ambient temp in the apartment is attainable.

 

[DakotaSouth]

Ferment mine in a tub with the a/c set to 75. Leave for a couple weeks in primary, a week in secondary and a couple days cold crash. No complaints here.

 

[Chrisbrewbeers]

I have had 2 brews that got so hot the airlock had condensation in it.
They were both ipa one Wlp 090 the other 001. I tolerated the Wlp 090 one but it was all grain if that is why I can't say. The 001 ipa was like a better tasting steel reserve type of effects. You know 2 of them and you can't see straight then pass out only to wake up 3 hr later feeling like your drank 25 well made beers. There is honestly so many others factors. Just use ice packs and a cooler or tub of some kind. It works well.

 

[Chrisbrewbeers]

You might have pitched so warm that you screwed yourself out of ever getting low enough to keep it there.

 

[youreanimpulse]

For S-04, probably high 60s is too hot to begin with. I've done some good hotter brews with Belle Saison and some liquid strains rated for it (all Belgian), but some rudimentary temp control is necessary in the hotter months. I have one room with a window AC unit that I keep super low. Swamp coolers work well with just a tub of water and some frozen water bottles. I ignored temp control for a while, and when I had my first messed up batch because of temp I thought it was an infection. It was S-04 at 75 degrees in a porter.