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Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech |
| Posted by Nick B. on 2015-01-19 05:04:33 |
| Yes, you're right about how both yeasts work at high temperatures, but "ale" yeast doesn't work below X° C. "Lager" yeast does not work "well" at high temperatures though, producing more off-flavours. I have never brewed a lager at home, only ale. So my direct experience with the fermentation is limited to ale. When I re-use yeast from one batch to the next, I collect it from the bottom of the fermenter, not the top of the beer. Your report of the clumping of ale yeast is new to me, I think. Interesting. I think Barry is questioning why or how lager yeast started to be used in Bavaria. What I have always heard is that it evolved from the practice of cold fermentation. I think he means that the cold fermentation began because brewers knew it would work better with otherwise problematic yeast? |
| Followups: |
 Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Mosquit on 2015-01-19 05:38:56 |
| Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by barry on 2015-01-19 06:36:34 |
| Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Mosquit on 2015-01-19 06:43:27 |
| Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by FredW on 2015-01-19 08:03:52 |
| Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Nick B. on 2015-01-20 05:09:00 |
| Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Mosquit on 2015-01-20 06:27:18 |
| Untergärig vs. Obergärig - top/bottom fermenting naming + history in Czech by Nick B. on 2015-01-20 07:13:21 |
| Repitching yeast by FredW on 2015-01-20 07:35:41 |
| Repitching yeast by Mosquit on 2015-01-20 09:03:27 |
| Repitching yeast by Nick B. on 2015-01-21 00:52:36 |
| Repitching yeast by Nick B. on 2015-01-21 00:53:26 |
| Repitching yeast + cost calculation by Mosquit on 2015-01-21 02:44:18 |
| Repitching yeast + cost calculation by Mark Andersen on 2015-01-21 07:29:12 |
| Repitching yeast + cost calculation by Mosquit on 2015-01-21 07:53:28 |