Just some fermentation notes for my records...
- Day 1: Pitched yeast at ~2pm on 7/3 @ 78° - on table in basement
- Day 1: First activity noticed by ~10pm on 7/3 @ 75° - wow!
- Day 2: Vigorous fermentation @ 75° - video from Ryan: here
- Day 3: Moved to garage at 9am on 7/5 @75°
- Day 3: garage at 10pm on 7/5 @ 82° - ambient temp nearly 100°
- Day 4: garage at 8am on 7/6 @ 86° - ambient temp ~ 86° as well
- Day 4: garage at 7pm on 7/6 @ 86° - ambient temp ~ 90°
- Day 5: garage at 8am on 7/7 @ 84°
- Day 5: garage at 7pm on 7/7 @ 84° - roused the yeast
- Day 6: garage at 8am on 7/8 @ 82° - still bubbling
- Day 6: garage at 7pm on 7/8 @ 82° - jeep & roused yeast
- Day 7: garage at 7am on 7/9 @ 82° - roused yeast, wrapped in vest and raincoat (pic)
- Days 8-14: garage @ ? - vacation
- Day 14: garage at 6pm on 7/17 @ 80° - jeep & roused yeast
- Days 15-20 garage @ 86°
- Day 20: moved to basement at 5 pm - corrected gravity = 1.002. Yahtzee!
- Transferred to secondary on 7/23 - in the basement with a sweet leopard fleece blanket wrapped around it.
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