Brrrrrrrrrrrr
Nov. 24th, 2004 23:04![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillThis doesn't feel like California. It's too cold.
The root beer has been sitting in a corner of what is normally one of the warmest rooms in the house... it's been sitting at room temp for three days without carbonating any more at all. Normally after three days, total, it's about ready to bite your head off... this stuff is at eight days and counting, has weak carbonation, and is cold enough at room temp to stop the yeast. Which is good, I suppose -- except that I want a tad more fizz than we have at the moment. Maybe it's time to play with heat mats...
That's the last time I use old yeast for a batch. I'm not sure it'll ever populate quite enough.
It's not just the beer, either... I've been freezing for days. We've had highs in the high 50's, lows around 40, and with a drafty uninsulated house with the heat turned off during the day... well. I like heat better than cold anyway, so I tend to be more comfortable in the summer than winter. But this is insane. It's not the biting cold of the north, but up there they have double-glazing and insulation and heat. 55 in your living quarters is always uncomfortable, whatever the temperature is outside.
So I'm wearing a sweatshirt, sweatpants, jeans, and gloves, which makes it tolerable; I should probably go upstairs and fetch my thick wool socks. Nick would call me lizard and cold-blooded, and I'm not currently in a position to argue.
I'm sure I'll feel my toes again eventually.
The root beer has been sitting in a corner of what is normally one of the warmest rooms in the house... it's been sitting at room temp for three days without carbonating any more at all. Normally after three days, total, it's about ready to bite your head off... this stuff is at eight days and counting, has weak carbonation, and is cold enough at room temp to stop the yeast. Which is good, I suppose -- except that I want a tad more fizz than we have at the moment. Maybe it's time to play with heat mats...
That's the last time I use old yeast for a batch. I'm not sure it'll ever populate quite enough.
It's not just the beer, either... I've been freezing for days. We've had highs in the high 50's, lows around 40, and with a drafty uninsulated house with the heat turned off during the day... well. I like heat better than cold anyway, so I tend to be more comfortable in the summer than winter. But this is insane. It's not the biting cold of the north, but up there they have double-glazing and insulation and heat. 55 in your living quarters is always uncomfortable, whatever the temperature is outside.
So I'm wearing a sweatshirt, sweatpants, jeans, and gloves, which makes it tolerable; I should probably go upstairs and fetch my thick wool socks. Nick would call me lizard and cold-blooded, and I'm not currently in a position to argue.
I'm sure I'll feel my toes again eventually.
