My lovely 130° weather :) (best yeast options)

[BeerBandit]

I know victorville, apple valley and Hesperia very well. Along with havasu. I live in needles. Lived out in victorville for a few months when I was younger. And I was dating a woman in havasu, so we were always back and forth between our two houses. Anyways, I DO have ac. It's only window units, but, it's definitely better than nothing. My neighbor across the street doesn't have anything. He just hangs out outside most of the day. That's crazy.

How did the hothead beer come out? I am trying my best to wait for the weather to cool off, and for some better sales (hopefully) before I start buying everything to get started. But, I am really wanting to just buy some hothead, agar, and vials and plates so I can start getting a feel for yeast cultivation, propigation and slanting and all that nerdy stuff before I'm even ready to brew. Definitely want to save money on yeast once I start

 

[FatDragon]

out of curiosity, how do you brew your Durian Hefeweizen???

Very poorly. I refuse to share it with others because I don't want to make them drink a crappy beer. Every time I crack one open for myself I feel like I'm doing penance for screwing up the beer that badly.

I know victorville, apple valley and Hesperia very well. Along with havasu. I live in needles. Lived out in victorville for a few months when I was younger. And I was dating a woman in havasu, so we were always back and forth between our two houses. Anyways, I DO have ac. It's only window units, but, it's definitely better than nothing. My neighbor across the street doesn't have anything. He just hangs out outside most of the day. That's crazy.

How did the hothead beer come out? I am trying my best to wait for the weather to cool off, and for some better sales (hopefully) before I start buying everything to get started. But, I am really wanting to just buy some hothead, agar, and vials and plates so I can start getting a feel for yeast cultivation, propigation and slanting and all that nerdy stuff before I'm even ready to brew. Definitely want to save money on yeast once I start

I go to Havasu every summer (except for this year) to visit my dad and brothers who still live there. I can't say I know the Victor Valley area very well anymore, though, since I haven't been there, save for a highway drivethrough, in maybe 15 years. I've been through Needles innumerable times, but never stopped but to get gas (rarely since it's so much cheaper on the AZ side of the border) or fast food.

The Hothead beer turned out pretty good. The only full sized batch I've used it on was a caramel amber ale that ended up tasting like a sessionable quad, thanks to the fruity contributions of the yeast and the dark stone fruit flavors of a darker-than-intended homemade candi sugar. Since then I tossed the saved yeast into a few extra liters of pale ale wort to keep it alive, but thanks to laziness I never tasted the resulting beer.

 

[rlonardo]

The best investment you can make! http://www.cool-brewing.com/store/#!/Fermentation-Cooler/p/36423376/category=0

This thing works really well. I lived in an apartment with no central air and kept my brews in a bedroom that easily exceeded 80-85F in July/August. With my 6.5 gallon carboy I would keep 2 1 gallon jugs and a 2 liter pop bottle on a frozen rotation. Swapping out every 24 hours or so I was able to keep fermentation temperatures 62-65F. When I wanted the temperatures a little warmer I would use my Inkbird temp controller and a heating pad to control the high end.

Right now it's even a little cheaper on Amazon and eligible from free Prime shipping:

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