Good day.
Need advice.
I started 2 lager brews, 7 days apart. Both require 12 deg C for fermentation and 4 deg C for carbonation.
On Day 7 of the first batch, brew no. 1 still bubbled happily. Now at day 8 of brew no. 2 (happily bubbling every 5 seconds), Brew no. 1 became "dormant", maybe a bubble every 70 seconds.
I do not want to bottle Brew no. 1 now, it must wait for brew no. 2 so that I can carbonate both at 4 deg C. I use one deepfreezer with electronic temperature control. I do not want to compromise the fermentation process of brew no. 2 to set the temp to 4 deg C and visa verse.
Now the question: Will this be harmful to Brew no. 1 to wait "passively" for Brew no. 2 to finish bubbling.
I don't think so. I feel that brew no. 1 reached an equilibrium between the amount of sugar and alcohol in the fermentor and the yeast is now at rest. Add sugar and/or oxygen = the best will start up again???
How far of the mark am I?
Need advice.
I started 2 lager brews, 7 days apart. Both require 12 deg C for fermentation and 4 deg C for carbonation.
On Day 7 of the first batch, brew no. 1 still bubbled happily. Now at day 8 of brew no. 2 (happily bubbling every 5 seconds), Brew no. 1 became "dormant", maybe a bubble every 70 seconds.
I do not want to bottle Brew no. 1 now, it must wait for brew no. 2 so that I can carbonate both at 4 deg C. I use one deepfreezer with electronic temperature control. I do not want to compromise the fermentation process of brew no. 2 to set the temp to 4 deg C and visa verse.
Now the question: Will this be harmful to Brew no. 1 to wait "passively" for Brew no. 2 to finish bubbling.
I don't think so. I feel that brew no. 1 reached an equilibrium between the amount of sugar and alcohol in the fermentor and the yeast is now at rest. Add sugar and/or oxygen = the best will start up again???
How far of the mark am I?