Homebrewing - Beer, Mead, Wine, Cider

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Introduction to Beer Brewing

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Quick and diry guide to fermenting fruit - cider and wine

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Brew is cooling down. (lemm.ee)

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I put a beer brew on just a simple wit barrel brew, but a cold snap here in nz has dropped the average temp to just below 20c and it has stopped bubbling away after only 4 days. Is there a cheap and easy way to get the temperature back up and keep it up. I don't have a heating pad.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you're using kviek, the yeast will be fine. It'll be slow but fine. If you're worried, test your gravity at your normal ferment period (I usually do 2 weeks) and then give it an extra week and test again. If it hasn't moved, you're done fermenting. Heck, you could leave it a month longer and still be ok. There are always tales of "I left this in the back of my closet for a year, is it OK?" and it turns out fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks, good to know it's not going to be a sock brew.