Lager Fermentation Temperature

The Brülosophy Podcast

Marshall Schott

Brew, Brewing, Science, Beer, Leisure, Hobbies

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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It's well known that proper lagers require cooler fermentation temperatures than ales in order to produce the clean and crisp characteristics they're known for. Of course, this knowledge is rooted in a long history of brewing, which got us wondering—what really happens if a lager is fermented at ale temperatures? In this episode, Brülosophy contributor Matt Del Fiacco joins Marshall to chat about the history of lager beer brewing, common beliefs about the importance of fermentation temperature, and of course, results from various xBmts on the topic! | Relevant Articles | Ferm Temp xBmt - WLP800 Pilsner Lager Yeast Ferm Temp xBmt - Saflager W-34/70 Ferm Temp xBmt - Saflager W-34/70 (extreme) Ferm Temp xBmt - Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager Yeast Ferm Temp xBmt - WLP940 Mexican Lager Yeast

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0:55.3	Brulosophy contributor and all around nice guy, Matt Del Fiaco. We're going to be chatting
1:00.0	about a series of experiments that have easily surprised me more than any other we've done,
1:04.4	and I have a feeling have probably left a lot of home brewers completely stumped.
1:08.0	Yeah, yeah, man, absolutely. I mean, when we first started home brewing, or I mean, I started in five years ago and whenever I was looking to improve and like you go to forums for advice, pretty much the first thing I always saw and continued to see to this day is people talking about your fermentation temperature.
1:23.6	Absolutely that fermentation temperature and I mean it's it's the quick and easy default answer
1:29.1	and people have come up with incredible ways of like we have obviously people using many fridges to
1:34.0	control their fermentation temperature we have people who have glycol systems we have
1:38.0	swamp fermenters or swamp coolers yeah fermentationam coolers, yeah. Fermentation is one of those things that, it's one of the, in my, like in my mind when it comes
1:47.1	to home brewing, brewing beer in general, I suppose, is, you know, fermentation
1:51.9	temperature is one of the top two things that any
1:54.7	new brewer is going to get recommended to take care of before anything else that and yeast
1:58.9	management.
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