Questions tagged [cold]
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Cold Brew Coffee with Ginger bug fermentation
I like experimenting with different liquids aside from ginger tea and was wondering if cold brew coffee would be viable for a fermentation.
I was not sure if the acidity of the instant coffee would ...
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Argon in head space and storage temp
I've been a wine maker and grower for 10+ years and now diving into home beer making which is a lot of fun and gives MUCH faster returns on enjoyment. I have seen where some folks recommend filling ...
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Does cold crashing have a negative impact?
According to "How to Brew" by John Palmer (4th ed.), cold conditioning (a.k.a. lagering) is the act of cooling beer after fermentation has completed (including maturation) in order to clarify the beer....
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Cold Crashing techniques
I have very nearly mastered the clarification process but still wish to control the timing of flocculation more consistently. At what point/stage is cold crashing most efficient?
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I put my bottles to ferment for carbonation in a cold place - is the yeast dead?
I have brewed a Brewferm Christmas beer. I have been brewing on and off for 20+ years but I don't try complicated things.
My first mistake was not reading that this particular beer requires no extra ...
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What exactly happens during lagering?
I've just made my first lager, it is currently lagering at 1 C. What is happening to my beer at this temperature? Is the yeast still active? And most importantly: What is happening at this temperature ...
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Why exactly does cold crashing work?
I'm trying to understand the mechanism behind cold crashing. When cold crashing, you cool the fermented brew, yeast and suspended solids settle. With my first cider, a very turbid bottle visible ...
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Cold Conditioning in carboy vs keg
I have a wheat and a golden ale, both in 5 gal carboys, that have been in secondary fermentation for 2 weeks. I was planning on letting them settle for another week and then transferring them to kegs ...
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Will rapid ambient temperature drop kill yeast or just slow them down
I have just put on my first all grain homebrew (a porter) here in Melbourne, Australia. After a day or so it was bubbling away quite nicely.
A couple of days ago the weather decided to change ...
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Does keeping a beer cold significantly preserve fresh hop aroma?
I'm double dry hopping my Rye India Pale Ale, doing half with simply double the dry hops, and half one addition, remove, adding the other half to see if anyone within drinking distance can distinguish ...
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cold conditioning saison then bottle conditioning
I brewed a high gravity (1080) saison and am planning on cold conditioning it in secondary at 32 degrees x 2 weeks, then bottle conditioning it. I am wonder will the cold conditioning make all my ...
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