Hey Guys/Gals,
I started brewing about 8 months ago and have gone from kits and now beginning the adventure into all grain. My goal is to brew great beer consistently and understand the brew process from beginning to end. One thing that I've ran into when using BeerSmith 2 is the fermentation temperature guides. I'm not equipped to maintain particular temp's at the front end of the fermentation cycle. I've researched and as usual there are 1,000 ways to try and achieve desired temps. On a scale of 1 to 10 just how important is it to maintain these temperatures? There are so many other factors to consider when brewing beer (water ph, brew temps, time, and ingredient) where would one rank fermentation temp among all of these? I have a kegerator not in use since I recently built a keezer and could easily add a controller to and place my fermenter inside, but would like some feedback before spending more money (wanna put my bucks where it counts most).
Thanks in advance!
I started brewing about 8 months ago and have gone from kits and now beginning the adventure into all grain. My goal is to brew great beer consistently and understand the brew process from beginning to end. One thing that I've ran into when using BeerSmith 2 is the fermentation temperature guides. I'm not equipped to maintain particular temp's at the front end of the fermentation cycle. I've researched and as usual there are 1,000 ways to try and achieve desired temps. On a scale of 1 to 10 just how important is it to maintain these temperatures? There are so many other factors to consider when brewing beer (water ph, brew temps, time, and ingredient) where would one rank fermentation temp among all of these? I have a kegerator not in use since I recently built a keezer and could easily add a controller to and place my fermenter inside, but would like some feedback before spending more money (wanna put my bucks where it counts most).
Thanks in advance!