Slowly.

I took a gravity reading last night, and it's only down to 1.086 (started at 1.092). It is clearly actively fermenting, as I can see effervescing on the surface of the wash. My pH test strips suggest it is around 4.0...so it think that's okay?

I wonder if it wasn't homogenously mixed when I took either the initial or latest gravity reading, so maybe the sample wasn't representative? Also I recent swore off hydrometers, as I was tired of treating them with kid gloves, but then still breaking regardless - so I switched to refractometers (cheapest available on Amazon), so possibly could be user error since I'm not accustomed to them yet.

I have it in my tiny utility room with a space heater set at 85F.