Truman42
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I normally cold crash my beer at around 1-2C in the fermenter for 5-7 days before bottling.
However I now have to use my fermenting fridge which is a small bar fridge and with the hot summer weather it struggles to get my beer down any lower than about 5-7 C especially on hot days. It might drop to 4 overnight but is back up to around 6-7 at the end of another hot summer scorcher like today where it gets very hot in the garage. (Why do these tight arse spec home builders not insulate the garage ceiling when they do the rest of the roof space)
So question is will this simply require more time at these temps for the yeast to drop out, or will the yeast NOT drop out above a certain temperature?
FYI- I tape my probe to the fermenter and have it covered with foam and its a 25 litre batch.
However I now have to use my fermenting fridge which is a small bar fridge and with the hot summer weather it struggles to get my beer down any lower than about 5-7 C especially on hot days. It might drop to 4 overnight but is back up to around 6-7 at the end of another hot summer scorcher like today where it gets very hot in the garage. (Why do these tight arse spec home builders not insulate the garage ceiling when they do the rest of the roof space)
So question is will this simply require more time at these temps for the yeast to drop out, or will the yeast NOT drop out above a certain temperature?
FYI- I tape my probe to the fermenter and have it covered with foam and its a 25 litre batch.