Temp concern

[adejesus]

This weekend I plan to put together my very 1st home brew. I was planning to start right off with beer but after receiving the HomeBrewTalk newsletter Man, I love Apfelwein I deiced to let Apfelwein be my 1st batch, to get a feel of the brewing process. This week I took my carboy and filled it with water and placed it where I plan to have my Apfelwein ferment, this way I could watch what the temp of would be like. The temp has been sitting at 68-70 for the last few days. I am wondering if this temp should be ok for Apfelwein? I was hoping that when the fermentation starts it will heat up some plus I plan to wrap it in a towel or blanket to keep the light from it and give a little instillation. Should I be ok or will I need a heating belt? Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[TheCIASentMe]

This weekend I plan to put together my very 1st home brew. I was planning to start right off with beer but after receiving the HomeBrewTalk newsletter Man, I love Apfelwein I deiced to let Apfelwein be my 1st batch, to get a feel of the brewing process. This week I took my carboy and filled it with water and placed it where I plan to have my Apfelwein ferment, this way I could watch what the temp of would be like. The temp has been sitting at 68-70 for the last few days. I am wondering if this temp should be ok for Apfelwein? I was hoping that when the fermentation starts it will heat up some plus I plan to wrap it in a towel or blanket to keep the light from it and give a little instillation. Should I be ok or will I need a heating belt? Thanks in advance for the help!

I don't really know apfelwein that well, but for general cider brewing I suggest you don't worry about the temperature so much for your first brew. As long as you don't subject it to extreme temperatures everything should come out fine in the end.

You can always worry about temperature later, once you've gotten everything else down.

 

[kh54s10]

I don't really know apfelwein that well, but for general brewing I suggest you don't worry about the temperature so much for your first brew. As long as you don't subject it to extreme temperatures everything should come out fine in the end.

You can always worry about temperature later, once you've gotten everything else down.

I totally disagree with this statement. I don't know about the temperature requirements of Apfelwein but for ales, lagers, beer controlling fermentation temperatures is VERY important.

1 sanitation
2 (tie) yeast pitching rates, temperatures and procedures

 

[TheCIASentMe]

I totally disagree with this statement. I don't know about the temperature requirements of Apfelwein but for ales, lagers, beer controlling fermentation temperatures is VERY important.

1 sanitation
2 (tie) yeast pitching rates, temperatures and procedures

Apfelwein is a form of cider. I'd reckon that most people use the terms interchangeably and I'm not entirely sure on the difference between the two myself.

I know I ferment my cider at room temperature and just keep it from fluctuating too wildly. I'm no expert by any means. But I know he's not making a beer and temps aren't quite as important here.

Sure, he needs to learn to control the temp eventually. But it's nothing to stress over for his first batch.

Edit: I realize now that people may misconstrue "general brewing" in my previous post. I'll change that to clear it up.

 

[Insomniac]

I dont think you would want it any warmer, if anything a couple of degrees cooler would be good.

 

[wreckinball9]

I dont think you would want it any warmer, if anything a couple of degrees cooler would be good.

Agreed. 60 is a good target temp for cider.