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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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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 wort's interior temperature can be several degrees…
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What to brew in the summer?

What kind of beer can I brew in the summer (30C by day, a few less by night), without special cooling equipment? Anything special (but not too complicated/expensive) I should do?
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Can lowering temperature too rapidly result in stuck fermentation?

I have fermented my last few batches with a swamp cooler - putting my bucket into an igloo cube cooler filled with water and ice. They've all been ales. I usually start in the high 60s/lows 70s (groundwater temp) and then add frozen water bottles to…
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What will be the effect of allowing fermentation temperature to drop on a nearly finished fermentation?

I brewed this Northern Brewer saison kit and picked the Wyeast 3724 belgian saison yeast. Only later did I discover that this yeast has a tendency to stall out. So as a preventative measure I started fermentation pretty warm (75F) and have been…
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Should I move primary to lower temp?

I'm brewing a dubbel and pitched a 1000ml yeast starter of Wyeast 1214 at 68F. It's fermenting in a room now with an ambient temp of 72F. Over the course of 30 hrs, temp has increased to 78-79F according to a stick-on therm. Should I move to the…
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How to control temp between two fermenters in the same chamber

I have room for 2 5-gallon fermenters (ale pails) in my fermentation chest, and would like to conduct two fermentations at once. Typically, I insulate my temp controller's probe against a fermenter, so it is regulating fermenter temp and not…
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Brew stops bubbling at night

Yes - another novice question from me :( Our brew bubbles away through the airlock for most of the day, but when I come down in the mornings it is dormant (no bubbles for the 2 minutes I was looking at it). There is a 4 degree ambient temperature…
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Fermenting Irish Extra Stout at 14°C vs at 23°C?

I just brew Irish Extra Stout and it's now supposed to go through fermentation. According to the manual 18 to 20°C is optimal. But I can only choose between 14°C in my cellar and 23°C in my flat. What should I choose? I'm tending towards 10 days at…
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Initial fermentation temperature for saisons?

It's summer, and that means that my basement is too warm for English and American ales, but I did make a really fine French farmhouse ale (saison) at fermentation temperatures of about 75F. I've heard tell (via Stan Hiernymous) that I can get…
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Brewing beer in Florida

I'm considering starting my own project brewing beer, but I'm worried about the temperature of the ferment at rest. I live in Florida where the days are currently getting up to around 90 Fahrenheit, and my house can't be air-conditioned to anything…
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Fermenting Mangrove Jacks M54 at lower temperatures?

How does Mangrove Jacks M54 Californian Lager yeast behave in lower than recommended (18-20°C) temperatures? The fermentation temperature is around 16-20°C. I've read everywhere that fermenting at higher temperatures leads to off flavours and…
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Does heat ruin beer in fermentation?

Our moose drool type ale has been fermenting. It is time to rack it but it has been on at brewer heating pad and we just realized it is 86 degrees F. It may have been that warm for 1-2 weeks. A dark towel has been wrapped around it for sun…
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Fermenting temperature in Queensland Australia

Being my very first brew...and from a kit. I worked on just room temperature.....Im in Queensland Australia. So between 24 and 28 degrees Celsius. Which I found out is too high? Kit never stated anything about specific temp. Probably shouldve done…
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how to stop fermantation in my locally made millet drink

I make my own local millet drink sweetened with malt sorghum. But I want to keep it free from fermentation for weeks. How? I have sorbate but is not working.
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WLP036 (Düsseldorf Alt) and cool temperatures

I am fermenting an alt in my cellar using WLP036 (Düsseldorf Alt). Pitched a 2 litre starter into 21 litre 1.051 wort. Fermentation was extremely vigorous at 16 C ambient temperature for 36 hours, then dropped fast. Ambient temperature has dropped…
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