Wynott
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As the temperatures fall (ours predicted 3 degrees tonight) I am wondering how this might affect a number of DJs I have on the go. They are currently all indoors, but not yet using central heating. Any thoughts would be welcome!
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My kitchen gets down to 15c at night and i have never had a wine fail, i did invest in a heat pad last year to speed fermentation up as i only have one FV and not enough room to have two on the go at once, it was a fairly cheap solid plastic one from Wilko (see image below) it keeps the temp at at 25c with no controller.
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Wynott
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Thanks, Chippy. I do have one heating pad, think it's a Betterbrew. However, I've somehow managed to currently have 6 (non-WOW) DJs on the go...
We'll soon be into 'open fire' season, so with OH's tolerance, I will try putting them on the fire surround overnight - it seemed to work with the odd one last year. Should have remembered that before posting.
With the one pad I have, would it be more beneficial to use it at the start of the fermenting, or more use to keep it going later on?
We'll soon be into 'open fire' season, so with OH's tolerance, I will try putting them on the fire surround overnight - it seemed to work with the odd one last year. Should have remembered that before posting.
With the one pad I have, would it be more beneficial to use it at the start of the fermenting, or more use to keep it going later on?
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I stuck the central heating on all night as i have some brews on the go and noticed it was going to go down to 3 degrees. Woke up this morning roasting lol
Wynott
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It's been so nippy today, I think we've already moved into Central Heating territory. I've squidged two DJs onto one heating pad, the others I'll think about...
We had the coal fire roaring last night.
Whnott have you given a fermenting vessel any thought all you do is multiply the WOW recipe by 5 and make 23 litres instead of 4.5, you could then use your pad under the one vessel.
Whnott have you given a fermenting vessel any thought all you do is multiply the WOW recipe by 5 and make 23 litres instead of 4.5, you could then use your pad under the one vessel.
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Wynott
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Good thought, but it's 6 different country wines. OMG 23 litres would floor me
I would start them on the pad to get things moving, fermentation is exothermic so the wine gets warmer as it ferments.
Wynott
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Putting them on the pad certainly worked, Chippy. One has rather caught me on the hop. Blackberry wine with starting SG of 1.114 has fermented down to 0.984, with help of said heating pad - and it's still going. I didn't quite believe it, so took the reading twice. Wondering if I should stop it before it goes any further, as I don't want strength to outride the flavour
I was worried my wine in the FV might get too hot if left on the heat pad 24 hours a day but it stays between 24c - 28c without any kind of controller.
