RCCOLA
Well-Known Member
I brew mostly lagers, build RO with minimal additions, check and adjust pH, ferment in a temp controlled chamber and pitch adequately sized starters using yeast calculator software. Allow temp to rise at the end of ferm/sit on the cake awhile,blah, blah, blah.
Even though I do everything as I should, I still had one end up appley awhile back. I got to researching and found info that acetaldehyde boils at 20.2 °C/68.4 °F.
It struck me that letting my beer sit at 70F for a few days before lagering might be a good strategy to ward off the Jolly Rancher Special.
So, with this boiling temp at 68.4 F, can acetaldehyde escape the beer and exit an airlock? How long a time frame would one of you sciencey-summaguns® estimate off-gassing to occur?
TIA, all replies welcome.
Even though I do everything as I should, I still had one end up appley awhile back. I got to researching and found info that acetaldehyde boils at 20.2 °C/68.4 °F.
It struck me that letting my beer sit at 70F for a few days before lagering might be a good strategy to ward off the Jolly Rancher Special.
So, with this boiling temp at 68.4 F, can acetaldehyde escape the beer and exit an airlock? How long a time frame would one of you sciencey-summaguns® estimate off-gassing to occur?
TIA, all replies welcome.