Friday, January 12, 2007

I checked on my recent batch of brew and things don't look good. I originally set the primary fermenter on the concrete basement floor, which brought the temperature to 55 degrees, too cold for an ale. I have since moved it to a different room onto carpet and now its up to 65 degrees, perfect for an ale. But I haven't seen any fermenting activity. So either the fermenting happened quick and I missed it, or I killed all the yeast with the cold temperature. I could pitch more yeast and see what happens, but I'll probably end up moving it to the secondary fermenter, and then bottle it after a few days. Worst case is that it'll be very weak, but hopefully still taste good.