BrewZinger
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Hey everyone!
This is actually my first post (as you can prob tell). Hoping to become an avid brewer! (Florida).
I have a rather large chest freezer with temp controller that I want to brew lagers at. But i also want to brew a few ales, but my house is mainly kept at around 74 degrees (a little high for ales). I realize that using lager yeast is the definition of making a lager. But if I use all the characters of an ale recipe in the makings and substitute the lager yeast and lager fermenting temperature. Would there be much of a difference? I'm thinking with a clean lager yeast and the correct ale attributes (in recipe), there wouldn't be too much of a difference besides longer fermentation. Any tips?
Thanks again!
This is actually my first post (as you can prob tell). Hoping to become an avid brewer! (Florida).
I have a rather large chest freezer with temp controller that I want to brew lagers at. But i also want to brew a few ales, but my house is mainly kept at around 74 degrees (a little high for ales). I realize that using lager yeast is the definition of making a lager. But if I use all the characters of an ale recipe in the makings and substitute the lager yeast and lager fermenting temperature. Would there be much of a difference? I'm thinking with a clean lager yeast and the correct ale attributes (in recipe), there wouldn't be too much of a difference besides longer fermentation. Any tips?
Thanks again!