Recent content by CX4Life

Don't mean to gravedig, just wanted to post the results... Turned out great. No diacetyl, no esters or phenols, no high alcohols, no sulfur. Just clean. Did a (too) long D-rest at 68, lagered for 5 weeks in corny. I'm enjoying this forgiving, very easy to use lager strain, for sure...

Thanks for the quick reply. I've got a folded up towel over it now... learned my lesson for sure. I'll post with the outcome for posterity sake.

Hey all, Question concerning running a little high on fermentation temperature with this yeast. I brewed an Oktoberfest on 3/9, OG 1.053 and pitched two packs of rehydrated 34/70, chilled to 55 degrees into 55 degree wort. Set my fermentation chamber to 56. Fermentation started 12ish hours...

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Nice site, Craig, I'm gathering some inspiration from that. If I had a webcam, I'd be sufficiently creeped out. Thanks for the welcome, all.

Bottle carbing typically works best around room temperature, or whatever the primary fermentation temperature of your particular yeast strain would be. Putting your bottles in a refrigerator after a week could cause the yeast to flock out of suspension (to a degree, and depending on the...

Hi all, Quick intro. Long, long, long time lurker (like, since 2008), but I'm pretty sure this is my first post. I've relied on HomeBrewTalk throughout 3 (active) years of homebrewing for everything from learning best practices before my first brew to discussing the finer points of...