What is cool?

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

for fermenting,,,,,78 degrees in winter is not cool...but 78 in the dead of summer is?

 

[Yooper]

for fermenting,,,,,78 degrees in winter is not cool...but 78 in the dead of summer is

I'm not sure what you're asking. For ales- 62-68 degrees is good. For lagers, 48-52 degrees is good. That doesn't change in the summer, or in the winter. optimum temperatures don't change with the seasons or where people live.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

I guess I should have been a bit clearer..depending on what you are making, some recipes say to put fermenter or bottles in a dark cool place. If I put the bottles in a room that is 75 in the winter, it is warm. But put those bottles in the same room in summer @75 the room is cool?

 

[rgontasz]

Ummm.... seriously?

 

[gcdowd]

75 ambient temp is way too warm to ferment IMO. 75 is 75, no matter the season. Like yooper said, ales need mid 60s for ferm temp

 

[homebrewdad]

Agreeing with Yooper. The temps for fermenting don't change just because the season does. 75-78 degrees is too warm for good beer of most styles, no matter what the season is. Yeast don't care about the weather.

Ignore vague instructions like "fermenter or bottles in a dark cool place". Instead, look at the yeast you are using, and make sure that it stays within its ideal fermentation temps.

 

[GrogNerd]

for fermenting,,,,,78 degrees in winter is not cool...but 78 in the dead of summer is?

for fermenting, 78° is NOT COOL in winter or summer

your perception of warm or cool is irrelevant

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

Unless your brewing saisons, go by the yeast range, not some vague instruction

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

disregard the fermenting part

 

[Yuri_Rage]

So disregard this thread?

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

So disregard this thread?

nope,,,just regarding the bottling now

 

[ktblunden]

70° is generally accepted as an ideal bottle condition temp, regardless of season.