canuckbrewer
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Can you get away using ale yeast temperatures using lager yeast? Will it ferment properly?
Keith
Keith
Yes, you can use a lager yeast at ale temps...that's what an Anchor Steam beer is...
You can try sticking your fermenter into a larger bucket of water and then chill the water with ice, frozen water bottles, etc. But it would take quite a bit of ice to cool down a fermenter to those temps and then maintain it. Another option would be to find a refrigerator to fit the fermenter into, but that may not be a readily available option either.
It depends on the yeast, but most of the "hybrid" yeasts will only go up to the mid 60's. Most lager yeast will not function well in high temps. What are you trying to make? Maybe we can suggest a good ale yeast to use instead of lager.
Actually that is what I thought I had! I made up four batches and each one was not fermenting in the usual way. I researched my last order for yeast and lager was sent in error. Now I have 4 batches that are going to be a big experiment!
They are fermenting very slowly. Quickly from OG of 1.037 down to 1.016 (should be around 1.008-1.010). One of them is 1.057 and is sitting at 1.026. This is the 3rd week of fermenting and there is still activity. I tasted them today as I was measuring the SG and they tasted just fine!
Here is the yeast specifiations
www.maurivinyeast.com/upload/mauribrew Lager 497.pdf
Keith
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