Its getting Hot!

[Endatheworld]

All, I brewed an IPA on 6th of this month and it was happily sitting in a room in my house at about 18-20c. It is finished fermenting but I haven't got around to Dry Hopping it yet and was hoping to do it this weekend. The problem is that the temp is now about 24C and has been for the last couple of days with the unusually hot weather!

Am I right in thinking that the rise in temperature should not have such a impact on the flavor now that fermentation is complete? What about the Dry hopping, will the temp increase have any effect on that?

I have a Fermentation chamber but it is in use at the moment with a Lager sitting it it at 0C.

[Qs]

Swamp cooler should be able to knock it back to 18-20 without too much hassle if you're really worried.

Not sure if it'll be too bad though, the primary fermentation is over so AFAIK you shouldn't be getting too much in the way of off flavours now.

I don't really know about the dry hopping personally but I've heard Vinnie Cilurzo say that RR dry hop at colder temps. I'm not sure how that applies to homebrewers though.

[Endatheworld]

Thanks, I never thought of the Swamp cooler thing. Never been hot enough!

[LordEoin]

if you don't have something big enough for that you can just wrap it up in a clean damp towel and point a fan at it.
Some other folks strap frozen water bottles to the sides