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submitted 11 months ago by Lets@lemm.ee to c/homebrewing@sopuli.xyz

I put a beer brew on just a simple wit barrel brew, but a cold snap here in nz has dropped the average temp to just below 20c and it has stopped bubbling away after only 4 days. Is there a cheap and easy way to get the temperature back up and keep it up. I don't have a heating pad.

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[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Unless you're using kviek, the yeast will be fine. It'll be slow but fine. If you're worried, test your gravity at your normal ferment period (I usually do 2 weeks) and then give it an extra week and test again. If it hasn't moved, you're done fermenting. Heck, you could leave it a month longer and still be ok. There are always tales of "I left this in the back of my closet for a year, is it OK?" and it turns out fine.

[-] Lets@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks, good to know it's not going to be a sock brew.

[-] alcyoneous@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

You could get a heating pad, or maybe get a bigger barrel and fill it with warm water (although you would have to keep adding more water as it cools).

[-] lightnegative@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Go out and buy a hydrometer. And then actually measure the specific gravity.

If the specific gravity is dropping, then your beer is still fermenting regardless of how much "bubbling" it's doing

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