Recent content by Martin Reeves

Cheers, will adjust and monitor.

I've started using the ITC308 this week with my heat belt around my fermenter in the shed (during cold Melb winter), set at 12 degrees with 0.3 differential value. After the first night, the fermenter temp was bang on 12 degrees, but after night two it dropped to below 10 degrees. It's currently...

Update - lots of airlock activity over days 2-4 at a steady 12 degree temp in shed. Occasionally turning heat belt on in the afternoon to prepare for the overnight drop but otherwise using ambient temps. Quietly confident with this brew.

Cheers. I've got a heat belt around the fermenter and it's currently sitting at 10-12c in the shed (Melbourne). Not much airlock activity, only seems to happen when I move the heat belt around then stops after a few mins. Should I be worried about no airlock activity or just trust the yeast is...

I've pitched this yeast into my lager wort today and have it sitting in the shed - currently 9 degrees and dropping to 7 overnight. Should I use my heat belt to try to keep the temp up around 12-14 or just let it do it's thing in the shed for three weeks? The ambient temp is unlikely to rise...