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HOMEBREW Digest #0258
HOMEBREW Digest #258 Tue 19 September 1989
FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
Rob Gardner, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
RE: Homebrew Digest #255 (September 16, 1989) (")
Lager Ferment Temp (willa)
Yeast redux (Doug Roberts @ Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 89 10:07 CDT
From: "What do you mean, what flavor is it? It's a bloody albatross!"
Subject: RE: Homebrew Digest #255 (September 16, 1989)
Not to underrate the effort involved, but I find wading through the
indexes (while reading the digest) rather annoying, since I find that the
subject headers are not all that informative. I think a seperate mailing
list to interested parties would be _much_ better.
- Ted
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a rolled knighthood scroll." -- ]ke Eldberg
Patrick T. Garvin ptgarvin@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu / ptgarvin@uokmax.UUCP
in the Society: Padraig Cosfhota o Ulad / Barony of Namron, Ansteorra
Disclaimer: Fragile. Contents inflammable. Do not use near open flame.
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 89 09:29:54 PDT
From: willa@hpvclwa
Subject: Lager Ferment Temp
>I made a batch of Steam Beer that called for a lager yeast (I used WYeast 2007)
>fermented at 50 - 55 degrees. I did this and it fermented well for 2 weeks
>and then stopped. I aged it for the recommended 2 weeks and removed it from
>the fridge for bottling. As it warmed to room temperature, it began to ferment
>again. I returned it to the fridge and it stopped. Now, I don't think it is
>infected, but why would a lager yeast prefer this warmer temperature. Should
>I bottle it and keep the bottles refrigerated. I haven't taken a sample yet.
>Any ideas are welcome.
>
>Mark Nevar
Mark:
I recently made a steam bear with a WYeast lager yeast (I don't remember the
number, but could look it up). I too fermented at 50-55 degrees. All
visible activity seemed to have stopped within about 10 days. I let it sit
two weeks, racked to a secondary, dry hopped, and let it sit another 5 weeks
at the same temp. My brew was just extract, hops, water and yeast. It came
out very "dry" (seems to have replaced "lite" in beer-marketing-speak). I
expect your fermentation was complete on schedule. See the other articles on
CO2 capacity of liquids vs. temperature.
. . .Will Allen
willa@hpvcfs1.hp.com
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 89 17:24:51 MDT
From: roberts%studguppy@LANL.GOV (Doug Roberts @ Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Subject: Yeast redux
Now this is a little odd: I brewed a batch on August 31 (the Clara
Bell Bock beer). I pitched 14 grams of Munton & Fisson and saw a very
vigorous and healthy fermentation in the primary. Three days later the
head had dropped and I racked to the secondary, whereupon the
fermentation nearly died. It puttered along at a _very_ slow rate
until a day ago, when it started to pick up. Now, there is fairly
active fermentation going on, enough to cause a new light head of very
fine bubbles at the top of the secondary.
Any ideas as to what has caused this?
--Doug
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Douglas Roberts |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |When choosing between two evils,
Box 1663, MS F-602 |I always like to try the one
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 |I've never tried before.
(505)667-4569 |
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End of HOMEBREW Digest #258, 09/19/89
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