Brew Fridge Temperature

[earthwormgaz]

Hi Forum,

I'm brewing a porter this week. I used the new brew fridge I bought with inkbird temp controller which switches the fridge and a greenhouse heater.

I found both times I used it so far, its foamed over with yeast and made a mess. I never had this when I brewed on the kitchen floor.

I had a look at the settings. I was targetting 20.5, so I dropped it to 19.5 in case it was getting too hot. The Cd cooling threshold was 2.0 and the Hd heating one was 0.5. I dropped Cd to 1.5. Maybe it couldn't cope with that burst of warmth when the yeast got going?

I also wondered about the temp probe. I've stuck in onto the ferment bin about half way up. I've seen people who have fitted a metal probe tube to try and get the core temperature. I was wondering if just stinking it to the roof of the fridge would be a good option? Heat rises right? So if its too hot at the top, then that's the warmest part inside the fridge, so a conservative testing point?

Anyway, the spilled beer is cleaned up, not too much lost, and my garage smells like a pub ... which could be worse :)

I used Nottingham yeast by the way.

 

[RichardM]

The temperature probe should either be taped to the side of the fermenter , covered in bubble wrap, or immersed in the fermenter.
The temperature setting should be decided based on the recommendations for the yeast. Set-up a blow off tube instead of an airlock to deal with the vigorous yeast activity.