Flan
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Hi all, i decided to take the plunge into home brewing as i have a lot of time on my hands and thanks to lock down all the pubs are shut. I bought a starter kit which included a Youngs American IPA which i started last friday 20th nov. I have trouble with keeping a constant temp in the house as at night it drops to around 15° in the kitchen where i kept the fermentation tub, i bought a heat mat and put it under a frame i made to stand the tub on and put a cardboard box over it. The temp of the wort was 21° when i pitched the yeast and lots of froth was produced, the first night i checked the temp and it was 24° the next morning and all the next day the temp was showing 26/28° there was a bit of a blow up through the air lock but not much, i managed to regulate the temp by adding a timer plug to the heat mat and for next 7 days the temp has been a constant 22/24°. I didn’t take a OG reading as i stupidly smashed the hydrometer whilst sterilising stuff. Ive since bought a new one and today took a reading as the bubbling had slowed to around 1 every 40-50 secs, the reading was 1009 so i added the hops as instructed and now i will leave it for around 3 days and test the gravity again before transferring to a barrel, the temp now is still steady at 22°, so i have a couple of questions
1. Has the initial temp rise damaged the brew (the instructions in the kit said initial fermentation should be 24/25° for the first 2 days)
2. How long is too long to leave the hops in
3. What temp should it be at now i have added the hops
4. I have a cellar that is a constant 15/16° is this ok to keep the brew in once transferred to the barrel.
thanks for any advice. Pete.
1. Has the initial temp rise damaged the brew (the instructions in the kit said initial fermentation should be 24/25° for the first 2 days)
2. How long is too long to leave the hops in
3. What temp should it be at now i have added the hops
4. I have a cellar that is a constant 15/16° is this ok to keep the brew in once transferred to the barrel.
thanks for any advice. Pete.