Questions tagged [temperature]
Temperature plays a key role throughout the brewing process, particularly during the mash and during fermentation.
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Soapy aftertaste in wine, fermentation temperature?
I generally find my homebrew wine (just from a regular kit) has a soapy kind of aftertaste. I'm wondering if this might be down to fermentation temperature or something, I'm taking as many precautions ...
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Second Fermentation In Water Bath
The room I use for fermenting is rather cold currently at around 8 degrees C, I had the idea to use a aquarium heater in a box of water to keep the temp around my bottles around 18 degrees, my ...
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Is there a formula to determine at which temperature a given volume of beer at a given ABV will freeze?
I was hoping that someone had worked out a formula to determine at which temperature a given volume of beer, at a given ABV, for a given length of time, will freeze?
I'm doing my first 6 lagers and ...
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Mash-out and batch sparging
Brewing all grain, my mash tun can't hold my full sparge volume. So I step it, a few gallons at a time. I've read that the sparge water should be 170 F to stop the enzyme reaction. But when stepping ...
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my temperature is too high what can i do?
i have just added all the ingredients for my first coopers lager beer kit. I am aware that my temperature is too high at 32degreesc and the kit says to be from 21-27. will this ruin it? i heard it was ...
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bottle conditioning ale below room temperature
After bottling my batch of Porter, I forgot it need to be conditioned at room temperature. I left it in my garage for almost a week at 45-50°. When I realized what I had done, I moved it inside the ...
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Best temperature to store carboy after fermentation is complete?
I've got a porter and a stout, both sitting in carboys and both have reached their desired FG reading. However, I'm not able to keg them for another 2-3 weeks because I'm still waiting on a CO2 ...
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Temperature Control Issues
I'm testing out a brand new 200L system and found a couple of potentially disastrous but potentially easy-to-fix issues:
1) While mashing the temperature indicated on the thermometer which sits near ...
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What are the effects of storing unboiled All-Grain Wort at sub-lager temperatures?
Obviously it is better to immediately boil the wort when it is freshest, giving any wild yeist or bacteria as little time as possible to grow and contaminate the product. It is also a well ...
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Effect of temperatures over beer oxidation
Does temperature affect the oxidation of a beer ?
Is a beer at a high temperature, let's say 30C (86F), more susceptible to oxidation that one in low temperature near 0C (32F) ?
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How does the attenuation limit from mash temperature affect yeast attenuation?
Like, for example, if you select a yeast with an average attenuation of 80%, but you mash at 160, which limits attenuation to 76.8%1, would the limit simply be the lower of the limit or the average ...
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What is the proper way to maintain temperature in a water cooler Mash tun by adding hot water?
I bought the 10 gallon water cooler from Home Depot. The hole in it is about 3/4" diamater. After discovering that Home Depot, Lowes, Ace Hardware, and etc. did not sell all the components (hose barbs,...
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Would Yeast survive the temperatures of distillation and properly carbonate?
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If one were to distill a beer at 172.3-211.9*F with the intention of throwing away the distillate, in order to produce non-(or low-)alcoholic beer, would the remaining beer contain ...
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How do I extend my kegerator beer line run properly?
I have a built in kegerator in my kitchen, under the counter style. It is connected to a three tap handle tower and the lines are about 3 feet long. The noise from the compressor/fan is louder than I ...
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Temperature control during 1st phase fermentation
I am having some issues keeping the temperature controlled. I live in SE QLD and the daily ambient temperature has been 23 degrees C down to 11C. I've been advised not to let the wort drop below 18C ...
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