mesooohoppy
Well-Known Member
okay, I have been reading up plenty about diecetyl and the diecetyl rest. it seems easy enough, just turn my fridge off (I have a dedicated mini fridge for fementation), and wait a couple of days before cold crash/lagering.
but I started thinking, why? why would you purposely try to create diecetyl just to get rid of it?
I used s23 lager yeast (yes, I know, not the best, it was all I had), and am fermenting in the 'optimum range'. shouldn't that keep diecetyl at bay?
plenty of articles out there on what to do, and what happens, but once I started looking for the reason why its done (other than to produce diecetyl, just to get rid of it), I couldn't find any info.
help?
but I started thinking, why? why would you purposely try to create diecetyl just to get rid of it?
I used s23 lager yeast (yes, I know, not the best, it was all I had), and am fermenting in the 'optimum range'. shouldn't that keep diecetyl at bay?
plenty of articles out there on what to do, and what happens, but once I started looking for the reason why its done (other than to produce diecetyl, just to get rid of it), I couldn't find any info.
help?