[flbrewer]

As luck would have it, my Igloo "fermentation chamber" has held the temp of my beer within a degree or so for the past week.

Instructions on my beer say to raise a degree while dry hopping and I assume to clean up any remaining stuff.

I like to apply the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mantra in life quite often. Before I go adding warm water to my cooler, I'm curious how much of a difference a degree raised in the beer temp. will make in the final product?

[Jimmy K]

I don't think a degree or two will matter much especially if fermentation went well.

[HoosierBrew]

No I wouldn't worry at all about raising one degree F just to dry hop.  Though ramping up at the end of fermentation is pretty much always a good idea, to clean up and attenuate.

[flbrewer]

No I wouldn't worry at all about raising one degree F just to dry hop.  Though ramping up at the end of fermentation is pretty much always a good idea, to clean up and attenuate.

At the end or when it's nearing the end? How may degrees are we talking?

[HoosierBrew]

No I wouldn't worry at all about raising one degree F just to dry hop.  Though ramping up at the end of fermentation is pretty much always a good idea, to clean up and attenuate.

At the end or when it's nearing the end? How may degrees are we talking?

Average strength ale - I'll go ~72 hrs then gradually raise from fermentation temp to around 72F over a couple days and leave there until I keg. Then crash and carb.

[flbrewer]

No I wouldn't worry at all about raising one degree F just to dry hop.  Though ramping up at the end of fermentation is pretty much always a good idea, to clean up and attenuate.

At the end or when it's nearing the end? How may degrees are we talking?

Average strength ale - I'll go ~72 hrs then gradually raise from fermentation temp to around 72F over a couple days and leave there until I keg. Then crash and carb.

Well, it's been a week and fermentation is close to over.

[Jimmy K]

Well, it's been a week and fermentation is close to over.

Still won't hurt if you can manage it. Pouring warm water in seems like a PITA to me. It would be easier if you could move it to a warm area.

[Joe Sr.]

Well, it's been a week and fermentation is close to over.

Still won't hurt if you can manage it. Pouring warm water in seems like a PITA to me. It would be easier if you could move it to a warm area.

I agree with this recommendatin.  And I can't imagine that one degree has a significant impact.  That's sort of an odd recommendation since any sort of temp control as a band within which it operates.

[a10t2]

Assuming this is a swamp cooler setup, just draining the water would warm it up a few degrees.

[flbrewer]

Assuming this is a swamp cooler setup, just draining the water would warm it up a few degrees.

exactly what I did today.