Questions tagged [fermentation-temperature]
The temperature of the wort during fermentation. Often different from the ambient temperature since fermentation is an exothermic process (releasing heat).
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Temperature Control for Fermentation
I am curious how everyone controls the temperature of their primary, especially those that live in the warmer climates. In Florida, where the temperatures can soar and remain in the 90's and above ...
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Fermentation Temperature Control Methods
What different methods do people use to maintain or control fermentation temps? This includes maintaining temps for both Ales and Lagers. For most climates, active control is necessary for doing ...
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Networked/Connected Thermometer for Measuring Water in Swamp Cooler
I was hoping to put together an information system that could measure the temperature of the water in a bucket where I place my fermenting-bucket and notify my smart phone when I need to replace the ...
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Can we estimate the temperature rise in the primary due to fermentation?
OK, this is sort of cheating but I really liked this question so I thought I'd ask the question again in a slightly different way and try and answer it.
I was wondering if we can actually estimate ...
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How Should I Place a Digital Thermometer into My Fermentation Chamber and Keep it Airtight?
I have a setup with a raspberry pi and two DS18B20 digital thermometers that measure the temperature of the ambient air and the water in a swamp cooler that I place my fermentation chamber in. I was ...
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Tips for brewing at high temperatures
I live in a tropical country and don't have an extra freezer, but I want to comeback to homebrewing. I'll dare to brew at high temperatures and would like to find ways to get a decent tasting beer. ...
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How to compensate for wort internal temperature when using a temp controller?
What's the best method to use a temperature controller during fermentation? If you're using a freezer (or warming apparatus) connected to the controller, how do you compensate for the fact that the ...
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Ale Fermentation Temp. Too Cold?
Recently, I've had a streak of hot fermentations. My primary vessel nears 80º, and sometimes more.
With my latest batch, I've moved to a much cooler part of the house. I expect it to consistently ...
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At what stage of the fermentation process is temperature control most important?
I've been using a fridge w/thermostat to control fermentation temperature for ~6 months now & have recently started dual-purposing the fridge for a keg as well. Since serving & fermentation ...
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How much does gravity typically drop after high krausen
I have two fermenters going with about a cup of slurry of S-04. Pitched Sunday morning at 61 degrees ambient, they were showing activity within 5 hours, vigorous activity within 12 hours. Went to ...
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Going Below Optimum Yeast Temperatures (For Ale in Particular)
So I understand that going above the optimum yeast temperature specified is a bad thing and will cause major off flavors.
But what happens when you go underneath it?
For example, I am currently ...
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Can't get accurate temperature with johnson controls and freezer
I've just started fermenting my first lager with my recent new temperature control equipment, but am having some problems getting to the correct temperature. I have a chest freezer with a johnson ...
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BrewJacket - How does this Work and How can I replicate it?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/433436998/brewjacket-immersion-lager-beer-without-a-refriger
I've spent the last year determining how I can combat the hot temperatures to brew beer. I resort to ...
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Which are the good yeasts and beer styles for fermenting at higher temperatures?
I don't have space for a freezer, and I live in a tropical country. Which kind of yeast is appropriate for fermenting at higher temperatures? And which styles are best for these yeasts?
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Kettle souring with lactobacillus - hot plate?
Researching a Berliner weisse and have decided that I will be doing a kettle sour.
Lactobacillus likes to be around 45°C from what I have read so far. Currently my thinking is to transfer the kettle ...
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Fermenter Headspace; Suitable (and cheap!) Containers for Split Batches
After Denny's article in the spring issue of Zymurgy, I'm anxious to experiment and split batches for experimentation with yeast pitching rates, strains, fermentation temps, and adjuncts.
I had ...
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Temperature of Wort hit 89°F (32°C) when yeast has maximum temperature of 72°F (22°C)
... I rigged up a raspberry pi and connected it to a thermwrap to regulate temperatures for my wort. All was working swell until I made a slight tweak in the code, and commented out the section that ...
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How Much (and How Fast) of a Drop in Temperature can (Ale) Yeast Tolerate? (And Preliminary Results from My Experiment)
I have rigged up a Raspberry Pi with some DS18B20 temperature probes that measure both the water in the swamp cooler and the beer directly and store the results in a MySQL database.
I brewed a new ...
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