I pitched the yeast yesterday morning right after breakfast. I was afraid it was a little cool in my house for the must. I was doing some laundry and realized that it was warmer next to the washer and dryer. So I put the carboy on top of the washer and dryer. I watched the temp but it never got above 76deg F. By lunchtime, I had small bubbles in the carboy. This morning the temp registered 78 and I had about 1/2″ of foam. The temp in the house was about 74. I put a few frozen bottles of water around the carboy and covered the whole thing with a blanket in an attempt to cool it down. Ideally I’d like to keep it below 60° until the very end of fermentation.
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