Hey Guys and Gals (are there gals?)
I'm brewing some ale and I understand that fermentation is supposed to take about a week. It's now heading into the third week and it's still bubbling away. I put this down to how cold my basement is and thus how cold the mixture was. I've got a stick-on thermometer on my fermenter that read 18 degrees which is the lowest reading, so I don't know if it was lower than that.
Anyways, I understand that the first few days of fermentation is when most of the magic happens and that was when it was the coldest. I've since bought a belt warmer that keeps the temp at 22-23 degrees that I put on last thursday. I'm worried that since the mixture was 18 degrees or under during the first part of the fermentation, that the rest of it is going to take extra long.
Does anyone have any experience with this? What's the longest you've had to wait for primary fermentation? I want my beer now!
Cheers
I'm brewing some ale and I understand that fermentation is supposed to take about a week. It's now heading into the third week and it's still bubbling away. I put this down to how cold my basement is and thus how cold the mixture was. I've got a stick-on thermometer on my fermenter that read 18 degrees which is the lowest reading, so I don't know if it was lower than that.
Anyways, I understand that the first few days of fermentation is when most of the magic happens and that was when it was the coldest. I've since bought a belt warmer that keeps the temp at 22-23 degrees that I put on last thursday. I'm worried that since the mixture was 18 degrees or under during the first part of the fermentation, that the rest of it is going to take extra long.
Does anyone have any experience with this? What's the longest you've had to wait for primary fermentation? I want my beer now!
Cheers