whiskeyfoot
07-20-2009, 05:19 PM
As it turns out, the temperatures in my apartment are NOT good for beer. Most of the replies from my last post (newbie mistake!) all leaned towards that exact fact, so it really wasn't a BIG suprise, though it did suck to wait 5 weeks for bad beer! The average temperature in my apartment, even with the A/C on was about 80 degrees according to my thermometer. The thermometer on the side of my carboy also read around 80 degrees too.
The taste is....bad. I'm not sure how to categorize it. Foul? Hard to swallow? hahaa
It definitely had potential but o-well...on to the next batch.
I've pondered how to keep the temps down, and most of the replies i had were the 'swamp cooler' style, using a pan and a shirt or towel to pull water
up over the fermenter creating a sweat to lower the temps.
My only issue with that was the fact that i live in a 450 square foot studio
apartment, and didn't want to add to the humidity level that was already in the tiny place.
I've opted to 'insulate' the cupboard that i keep the fermenter in, and
have been swapping frozen gallons of water in the morning and night, and
it has maintained a steady 65-68 degrees. So hopefully, the next batch
wont suffer such brutality!
Thanks for the advice!!
-J
The taste is....bad. I'm not sure how to categorize it. Foul? Hard to swallow? hahaa
It definitely had potential but o-well...on to the next batch.
I've pondered how to keep the temps down, and most of the replies i had were the 'swamp cooler' style, using a pan and a shirt or towel to pull water
up over the fermenter creating a sweat to lower the temps.
My only issue with that was the fact that i live in a 450 square foot studio
apartment, and didn't want to add to the humidity level that was already in the tiny place.
I've opted to 'insulate' the cupboard that i keep the fermenter in, and
have been swapping frozen gallons of water in the morning and night, and
it has maintained a steady 65-68 degrees. So hopefully, the next batch
wont suffer such brutality!
Thanks for the advice!!
-J