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I attempted to brew the modified version of my P/B porter couple days ago. Everything was going great until i came up short on my final volume. No problem I though, iI'll just add some boiled/cooled water to bring it up some since my OG was about .010 to high. Since i havnt added water before on any batches I was unsure of how much i needed. Come to find out, added way to much and knocked my grav in half of what it should have been. At this point i was starving, tired and said the hell with it, pitched my young 001 starter and went to bed.
Next afternoon it was perking away in the house at about 70-72, so i put it in the laundry room where its a little cooler. Got up this morning and read the fermometer at 58*. Oh snap, so I left the door open some to warm up. Any need to worry about being too cold. It was still perking nicely and great foam on top. I may just be overreacting.

ps i didnt put it in my brewroom because i got a bunch of wine and boxes in it right now, didnt feel like cleaning everything out. Perhaps its about time to do so.

-Crut

If it's fermenting...your overreacting. From what I've heard 001 will work down to 55 or so without an issue as long as it starts warmer and the temp is slowly dropped...looks like it's working fine for you so i wouldn't worry about it...Its a workhorse!

Your fine just keep it constant. Don't warm it up and cool it back down. I would let it finish in the laundry room and when the yeast looks done I would put it back in the house and let the yeast clean up. Or you can let it warm back up and finish in the house now.

I checked it yesterday and seems to be perkin just fine. Ther fermometer says its at around 66, so its about where I want it. Id like it around 67-68, but that should work. Since its a FUBAR batch from the get go, as long as it turns out OK I'll be happy.
-Crut

It will turn out fine. You won't be able to tell the difference between 66 and 68 degrees. 58 and 68 degrees would be different however.

this batch seemed to ferm out fine, fg just under 1.010, so i transfered and its crash chillin now. Keggin it next week. I'll prob bottle a few too to stash away and send to a few peeps.
-Crut