Temperatures

[alecwhittle]

My beer is currently fermenting in my garage. The recommended temperature that came with my lager syrup was 18 - 22*c. The recent heat wave has sent my beer temp up to 28*c what should I do?

 

[brans041]

Move it to a cooler area, fermenting that high will make a very alcohol and phenol taste.

 

[Double_D]

If it's cooler in your house you could bring it inside. Or you could wrap some wet towels around your fermenter. The evaporation would cool it some.

 

[Golddiggie]

Get it into the temperature range for the yeast. Use a swamp cooler if you must but get it there.

 

[alecwhittle]

The temperate has only risen this high today.have now wrapped cold wet towels around it. Have I done damage to my beer?

 

[brans041]

Is there a lot of bubbling going on? If so, you might get a weird taste, but by no means ruined. If you don't like it, just give it to your friends. If its past major fermentation you probably wont affect too much.

 

[twistr25]

Definitely invest in a swamp cooler for future brews. Pretty much the only cost is a rubbermaid storage container or a rope bucket. Use frozen water bottles to regulate the temp.

 

[alecwhittle]

It's day 6 of primary fermentation. Bubbles are appearing every 7 seconds. Is this something to worry about?

 

[brans041]

You will want to cool it down, but you shouldn't notice a huge difference as the yeast are not that active. The more active they are the more phenols you would get.

 

[kwingert]

If it didn't get above 22C until the 6th day of fermentation, you should be alright. Most of the off flavors and fusal alcohols from high fermentation temps occur in the first 4 days. If the temp was right then, it should be okay. But I would move it somewhere cooler.