My First Apa

[warra48]

OMG!!! I just got home from work at it's at 27C!

As soon as my boy is fed and in bed I'm going to go and dump it in some cold water. Spent the first day at around 24C, probably the whole of today at 27. Hope it's going to be ok.

Time for a dedicated fermenting fridge and a TempMate or equivalent!

 

[wbosher]

Hmm, my fermenter wont fit in my garage fridge and no way I'll be able to get another one. Might have to get a swamp cooler set up.

The weather has been quite mild until today, I guess summer is about to strike.

 

[wbosher]

I've managed to get it down to 20C, hopefully not too late.

 

[Camo1234]

Hmm, my fermenter wont fit in my garage fridge and no way I'll be able to get another one. Might have to get a swamp cooler set up.

The weather has been quite mild until today, I guess summer is about to strike.

Just get a fermenting vessel that will fit in the fridge you currently have
If you search on here for "jerry can" fermenters you'll see some options. I use a mixture of fermenters and the water jerry cans from bunnings fit nicely into my small bar fridge... If you can't find a fermenter to fit your fridge then it's time to get rid of that fridge and get a different one.
Bugger going to all the trouble of brewing to destroy it with bad temp control.
Camo

 

[wbosher]

I did get another fridge that my FV would have fit into, but my wife decided she'd like it in the kitchen and the old one can go into the garage for me.

The temp here in NZ is generally pretty mild, in the mid to high 20s in summer, so should be able to control it quite easily with a tub of cold water. Yesterday just caught me by surprise as it was unusually high compared to the last few weeks.

As soon as I put it into some cold water the temp came down quite quickly. Will have to do that from now on I think untill Autumn rolls around again.

 

[wbosher]

Been a week now and it looks like the fermentation has finished. Took a gravity reading and it is 1.012, which is pretty much bang on.

I'll give it a few more days and take another one, might be ready to bottle this weekend.