I moved my brewery from inside the house into the shed so i could have everything in place and more room. I didn't want to take the 'good' fridge with a thermostat down there as i didn't want rats crawling all over it. The lid doesn't completely close on it either when it has a fermenter in it so i got a spare bar fridge and put it down there.
My stc 1000 was still in the mail so i had to cool my first ag attmept without a proper thermostat. Temps in the shed rarely get above 20C during the day so i had the timer set for 10mins at 11pm, 2pm, and 4pm. Unfortunately the timer override switch was on so it wasn't switching off.
Four days later (today) when i plugged in my newly rigged up stc 1000 (thanks wolfy for the pics!) i realised that my brew was at 10C and worked out that the timer wasn't working properly. I had thought that it was coincidence that the fridge was on when i was checking everything. I set the stc1000 to 18 and as i have no heating i just left the door open for the day. This arvo when i shut the door it was still at 13C.
Should i just keep lagering this brew? Will it be full of farts and diacetyl? Or is it fine to bring the temps back up and ferment as an ale?
My recipe was AndrewQLD's coopers pale ale from the db. It uses recultured cpa yeast. The yeast is def alive though as the gravity has dropped from 1045 to 1030!
And here i was thinking that this was the first brew that i've made that has occured without incident, and my first ag no less! Sadly it was not to be.
Any thoughts as to what i should do are welcomed.
My stc 1000 was still in the mail so i had to cool my first ag attmept without a proper thermostat. Temps in the shed rarely get above 20C during the day so i had the timer set for 10mins at 11pm, 2pm, and 4pm. Unfortunately the timer override switch was on so it wasn't switching off.
Four days later (today) when i plugged in my newly rigged up stc 1000 (thanks wolfy for the pics!) i realised that my brew was at 10C and worked out that the timer wasn't working properly. I had thought that it was coincidence that the fridge was on when i was checking everything. I set the stc1000 to 18 and as i have no heating i just left the door open for the day. This arvo when i shut the door it was still at 13C.
Should i just keep lagering this brew? Will it be full of farts and diacetyl? Or is it fine to bring the temps back up and ferment as an ale?
My recipe was AndrewQLD's coopers pale ale from the db. It uses recultured cpa yeast. The yeast is def alive though as the gravity has dropped from 1045 to 1030!
And here i was thinking that this was the first brew that i've made that has occured without incident, and my first ag no less! Sadly it was not to be.
Any thoughts as to what i should do are welcomed.
