Re: Fermentation temperatures
- From: "KGB" <FedUpWithSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (KGB)
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:22:31 GMT
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 01:31:24 GMT, pandamonium <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Now my last brew, it seems, was fermented at too high a temperature. The
problem I have is the house is usually around 22-25°C. I'd love to get this
down a bit but Mrs Monium feels the cold (she's not from Britain) and the
house is small so every room is around this temperature. My last brew,
although very drinkable, was showing notes that the good people in here
attributed to the higher ambient temperatures.
Hi
What I do (here in the UK) is to keep several of the icepacks which
are included with picnic cold boxes in the freezer (it doesn't have to
be icepacks; ice cubes or a container of water frozen down would do
just as well).
When I am ready to ferment my brew, I insulate the fermenter -
anything such as old bubblewrap wrapped round and held in place with
clothes pegs will suffice; I use a couple of quilted pillowcases
"stolen" from my wife!!
I then place one (two if the weather is very warm) icepack UNDER the
insulation round the fermenter and leave a (sterilized) thermometer
dangling in the beer so that I can monitor the temperature. I usually
only have to change the icepacks once per day and during last year's
heatwave this method kept the wort 10 degrees below room temperature.
Regards
KGB
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