Power outage outrage!

[hooper80]

Hi guys, the bloody Noosa council has left a note in my letter box informing me they are turning the power off for the day on Thursday. When Thursday arrives my 'Rodgers' inspired ale will be in its 4th day of fermentation. It's in a temp controlled fridge at 18. Can u guys please give me a bit of info on how to combat this please. Spose I could alwYs hire a generator too!! Thanks.

 

[QldKev]

Day 4, in theory it should be i the latter stages of ferment, so a few degree temp rise will not be the end of it. I would just pack the fridge as full as you can with water bottles now. Then when they turn the power off with the thermal mass it should minimize the temp rise.

 

[RdeVjun]

No biggie, could also throw a few PET bottles of water in the freezer, bung them in as required on the day.

 

[Batz]

I'll just leave it, don't open the door and it'll be OK.

 

[Bribie G]

I won the BABBs 2009 Competition largely on frozen bottles in a crap dead fridge off the side of the road.

 

[wynnum1]

I use the 3 L juice bottles and 5 L chemical containers they last longer then smaller drink bottles for ice.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You will prob find that the temp wont change by much, maybe 1-2*c, and it wont hurt the beer

Water has good thermal properties and if you keep it closed up then it wont heaat up much at all

 

[evoo4u]

"Power Outage Outrage" - that's a pretty snappy headline! (You sure you don't moonlight as a tabloid editor? )

And already penciling in a followup: "Looming Beer Crisis After Fermentation Catastrophe". There'll be panic in the pubs!!

But seriously, I too reckon your brew will come through OK. If you were closer, I'd lend you our cute little Honda gennie - an essential bit of kit when living in the bush and subject to unscheduled power cuts at the drop of a hat (or should that be' drop of a branch').

About the only time I get real twitchy is at our olive harvest time, with hundreds of kilos of olives going through our press (3 phase powered), and a power cut really would put the cat among the pigeons. What do you do with half a tonne of crushed olive paste???

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

What do you do with half a tonne of crushed olive paste???

Tapenade

 

[Batz]

Welcome to Noosa council :unsure: I'm in the same (leaky) boat.

 

[Coodgee]

Not sure what sort of temp controller you have but mine is the old fridge mate one. If i set it to 18 it will chill to 17 and then rise until it hits 20 and then the fridge will kick in again. The rise from 17 to 20 may take 24 hours or more. See if you can initiate a chill phase on the morning of the event you will be fine

 

[Bribie G]

Now there's a wise man, why not just chill the shyte out of the brew overnight to say 8 degrees, should last for the rest of the day and the yeast will have a nice happy snooze and dream about girls, before warming up again.

 

[hooper80]

Welcome to Noosa council :unsure: I'm in the same (leaky) boat.

Yeah mate. I think I actually deliver gas to your house. I was looking thru bar pics once, just getting ideas and I stumbled opon yours. I remember seeing the oil cans and wondering what they were, then someone on here mentioned them. It all looked familiar and there ain't that many houses in Nik Nik!!

 

[Kingy]

Yea in my fridge knowing how it works I would drop the temp about 4-5 degrees If it was going to be around 30°. I'd rather it be chilled and rise to desired temp than to let it rise and chill back down.

 

[Batz]

Yeah mate. I think I actually deliver gas to your house. I was looking thru bar pics once, just getting ideas and I stumbled opon yours. I remember seeing the oil cans and wondering what they were, then someone on here mentioned them. It all looked familiar and there ain't that many houses in Nik Nik!!

I remember a young bloke delivering gas once while I was doing a brew, I'm sure he thought it was some type of meth lab. I was expecting a visit from the boys in blue.
And yes if you saw blow torches in my bar room then that'll be the Bat Cave.

 

[hooper80]

I remember a young bloke delivering gas once while I was doing a brew, I'm sure he thought it was some type of meth lab. I was expecting a visit from the boys in blue.
And yes if you saw blow torches in my bar room then that'll be the Bat Cave.

Must of been my cousin. It's our family business, I can't remember seeing a brew go down when I've been there.

 

[CmdrRyekr]

On the 4th day you'd surely be considering diacetyl rest anyway...

 

[Rocker1986]

I'm not sure a diacetyl rest is really necessary in an ale, is it?

That said, I do raise my ales up from 18 to 21 (or 2-3 degrees higher than I fermented at) on the 4th or 5th day, and let them wander up on their own inside the closed fridge. It usually takes a day or so. I don't know if you use this method hooper, but if you do it could be an opportunity to.

 

[wynnum1]

Noosa council will they turn up on time .