Just finished brewing and pitched 2 packs of s04 in 68 degree wort. What I didn't realize was that a couple weeks ago I turned off my chest freezer fermentation chamber using the dial. I went to go check on it a few hours later and the temp was already at 78 with some airlock activity! I immediately put it to 64. Will this affect anything?
Ferm temp rose after pitching
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It's possible but you won't know until you taste it...as the great Charlie P says, relax, don't worry, have a homebrew.
Yeah those were my thoughts too. Enjoying a couple at the moment but not a good feeling when you have a smooth brew day brewing 10 gallons and something so irrelevant to the process might mess everything up
Irishguy42
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Active fermentation is an exothermic reaction, so it will generate heat and raise the temperature a bit. Combined with you turning off the chest freezer for a bit, it will create that 10 degree jump.
It shouldn't be too bad. It's not like you let it go a day or two like this.
It shouldn't be too bad. It's not like you let it go a day or two like this.
