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silly little question but my local homebrew store has two types of crown bottle caps. one is the normal crown ones, the other are oxygen resistant caps. i went with the cheaper of the two, the normal. was that a mistake? :confused:

silly little question but my local homebrew store has two types of crown bottle caps. one is the normal crown ones, the other are oxygen resistant caps. i went with the cheaper of the two, the normal. was that a mistake?

hi all, im bottling my kolsch today, and i was wondering whatr the proper temp is to leave the bottles at for a while so they can warm condition? thanks :confused:

so i shouldnt rack it to secondary?

i am gonna primary my kolsch for a couple weeks, rack to a secondary then cold condition the carboy at 40. my question is at bottling time should i add yeast to the bottling bucket? what kind? i assume that cold conditioning will suspend or make the yeast drop or however you phrase it. its only...

if i cold condition my secondary should i add yeast to bottling bucket? doesnt cold crashing suspend and make alll the yeast fall?

thanks for the input, ive just heard that secondary fermentation is neccesary forthis beer, a kolsch to clear it up a little, so u think i should just leave it the primary for a few weeks, cold crash then bottle it? right now its in a 58 degree colset its been 48 hours and bubbles are about...

i have my kolsch with wyeast liquid in a primary in the closet at a pretty constant room temp of 59 degrees, after a week or so i am gonna rack to secondary. i am a little confused on this step having read many mixed reviews, should i leave the secondary in the same place then cold crash after a...

i am using kolsck liquid yeast i believe 2565, i could have numbers wrong, midwest kit

i know kolsch is supposed to be a colder fermentation. the coldest constant temerature i can get in my house is a room temp at about 61-65 deg. mind u that is room temp, im pretty sure that the magic yeasties inside my bucket is gonna warm it up inside. will that be ok for primary?, i will...

i understand a kolsch is supposed to be primary and secondary fermented at a cool temp, around 60, but my question is about bottle conditioning. do i bring the bottles up to room temp,70 for awhile then throw them in the fridge to cold cond, or just leave the bottles at the same temp as the...